Speaker Eater is an atmospheric sludge and doom metal band from Wausau, Wisconsin, formed in 2011, building massive, slow-burning compositions that blend post-hardcore dynamics with the crushing weight of sludge and the desolate sprawl of atmospheric doom.

Spinebreaker is a San Jose death metal and hardcore band formed in 2014, blending the savagery of death metal with hardcore's directness and aggression in the Bay Area's active heavy underground.

Spitting Black is a Boston-based band formed in 2006 that fuses the rawness of black metal with the aggression of hardcore punk, delivering a caustic blend of blast beats and d-beat rhythms. Their sound sits in the tradition of the black metal/hardcore crossover that flourished in the northeastern US underground.

Splitting Septum is a sludge, thrash, and hardcore band from Indiana, formed in 2025, blending the downtuned abrasion of sludge metal with thrash aggression and hardcore's confrontational energy.

Ruthless Slam / Brutal Death Metal / Hardcore from Houston.

Los Angeles band formed in 2025 fusing black metal's cold dissonance with the urgency and aggression of hardcore punk, operating at the raw intersection of both traditions.

Albuquerque, New Mexico act formed in 2022 working the crossroads of thrash metal, groove metal, and hardcore, delivering punishing mid-tempo riffs alongside aggressive, pit-ready energy.

Brooklyn thrash and hardcore band formed in 2011, channeling the aggressive cross-pollination of New York hardcore and Bay Area thrash into a tight, pit-ready attack.

Canton, Ohio act founded in 2017 that fuses death metal, thrash, and hardcore into a raw, crossover-influenced style drawing from the Midwest's tradition of no-frills extreme aggression.

Stoneman is a crossover thrash and hardcore band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2023, merging the frenetic energy of hardcore with the aggressive riff attack of thrash metal.

Quincy, Illinois hardcore and death metal hybrid formed in 2012, blending the confrontational directness of hardcore punk with the brutality and heaviness of death metal.

Painesville, Ohio death/thrash metal and hardcore crossover band formed in 2024, combining the extremity of death metal and thrash with the raw, confrontational energy of hardcore punk.

Columbus, Ohio sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2009, combining the punishing low-end density of sludge with the blunt velocity of hardcore punk. Active in the fertile Columbus underground, the band has released records on Relapse Records and carved out a reputation for ferocious live performances.

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Sudden Strength is a Los Angeles thrash/hardcore band formed in 2021, drawing equally from the velocity and riffing of thrash metal and the raw intensity of hardcore punk in the tradition of the LA crossover scene.