Santa Cruz, California melodic death metal project. Biblical language channeled through Scandinavian-influenced riffing from the coastal redwoods.

Derby, New York NWOTHM project. Yet another Abraxas — the Gnostic deity's popularity among metalheads proves the name's enduring power.

Abyss is a thrash and death metal band from McAllen, Texas. Operating from the Rio Grande Valley, the band contributes to the South Texas extreme metal underground.

Milwaukee death/doom project. The oxymoronic name — suicide cannot be accidental — creates productive unease from Beer City.

Savage Death Metal from Arlington.

Acrid is a death metal band from Hagerstown, Maryland. Across two releases, the band delivers unrelenting death metal from the western Maryland underground.

New York City crossover thrash, hardcore punk, and thrash metal project. The name promises catalytic energy from the city that never stops.

Adrift is a progressive death metal band from the small Southern Illinois town of Du Quoin. Their 2006 EP "Waterloo" is a compact three-track statement blending progressive ambition with death metal weight, emerging from an unlikely corner of the Midwest metal underground.

After Dark is a heavy metal band from Sacramento, California that blends classic metal with punk energy. Their full-length "New Dawn Rising" (2021) and its 2024 expanded edition showcase a band rooted in the raw, no-frills intersection of metal and punk.

After the Storm is a symphonic metal band from Pensacola, Florida. The band has released their single "Untitled." Their sound layers orchestral grandeur over a foundation of extreme metal.

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Aftermath plays thrash metal. The band has released their single "Untitled." Their sound emphasizes technical precision and compositional complexity.

Age of Rage is a death metal project from Marion, Ohio. With five releases including the sprawling forty-track "SKALD Covers" and the eighteen-track "INSIDEME," the project favors quantity and ambition over restraint.

Chicago thrash metal project. The name promises aerial bombardment through Windy City speed metal.

Boston power metal project named after the ancient name for Britain. Arthurian legend through New England melodic metal.

High Ridge, Missouri death/thrash metal project. Symbolic narrative rendered in extremity from suburban St. Louis.