Boise death metal and hardcore crossover act bringing Pacific Northwest aggression to a genre-blurring extreme. Their sound is physically confrontational and direct, built for live punishment.

New York City's Cult Dialect carves out a gritty crossroads between death metal, hardcore, and thrash, channeling the borough's street-level aggression into a blunt, punishing hybrid sound. Their approach owes as much to the NYHC tradition of blunt-force riffing as it does to the death and thrash scenes that grew up alongside it.

Mansfield, Connecticut death metal and hardcore band merging the brutality of death metal with the urgency and rawness of hardcore. Cycle of Decay navigates the violent intersection of two extremes with muscular, unflinching force.

Los Angeles crossover thrash and hardcore band blending the velocity of thrash metal with the aggression and attitude of hardcore punk. Cycotic Youth channels Southern California's storied crossover tradition with raw, energetic ferocity.

Pittsburgh black metal and hardcore band fusing the raw intensity of black metal with the DIY directness of hardcore. Cydonia brings a confrontational, stripped-down edge to extreme metal from the Pittsburgh underground.