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Anchorage's To the Depths have been one of Alaska's most persistent extreme metal acts since 2011, fusing melodic deathcore's hooky leads with a crushing low-end brutality that suits the state's remote, unforgiving character.

Based in Coldwater, Ohio, Toluca Lake push melodic death metal into stranger territory, weaving experimental textures into their song structures to produce something more unsettling than the genre's traditional melodic fare.

Detroit's Tom Ice draw from melodic death metal's most atmospheric qualities, forging a sound shaped by the city's industrial backdrop and the twin influences of Scandinavian melody and American heaviness.

Tone Glass emerged from Inverness, Florida in 2022 fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with metalcore's rhythmic punch and breakdown-driven dynamics. It's a blend common to small-town Florida scenes where genre lines blur freely, and their Bandcamp presence points to an active young act still finding its footing.

Madison, Wisconsin's Too Fond of Flames have been at it since 2012, threading melodic death metal's lead-guitar lyricism through the structural DNA of metalcore. It's a well-worn pairing, but their decade-plus of activity suggests a band that has developed genuine craft and a loyal local following.

Hartford, Connecticut's Torn Asunder, active since 2023, blends melodic death metal and metalcore into a sound that mixes hooky melodic riffing with heavier deathcore-adjacent weight. Connecticut's dense New England metal underground provides a strong local foundation for their aggressive but accessible style.

Wichita, Kansas' Torrent brings melodic death metal to the plains, pairing Scandinavian-influenced melody with the brutality of American death metal since 2014.

An Austin, Texas raw black metal act formed in 2022, Torture embraces lo-fi production and primitive aggression — deliberately corrosive and antagonistic in the tradition of underground USBM's most unpolished factions.