Albuquerque, New Mexico's My Makeshift Grave have developed a melodic death metal sound since 2019 that balances Scandinavian-influenced melody with a desert Southwest directness, landing somewhere between grime and grace.

Lowell, Massachusetts act My Missing Half have worked a melodic death metal and metalcore hybrid since 2014, combining throat-shredding aggression with structured riffing and the emotionally forward songwriting common to New England's metalcore scene.

Las Vegas melodic death metal outfit Mynas has been active since 2010, blending the hook-laden guitar work of the Swedish melodeath tradition with the heat and isolation of the Nevada desert, crafting music with both melody and menace.

Carlsbad, California's Mysidia have been crafting melodic death metal since 2013, combining technically precise guitar work with melodic hooks and the kind of song-oriented songwriting that distinguishes the Gothenburg tradition from more brutalizing strains of the genre.

Los Angeles melodic death metal act Mythoclast launched in 2023, pursuing the melodically charged but brutally grounded sound that defines the genre's modern California practitioners. Their music blends hook-driven lead work with the punishing rhythmic weight of straight death metal.

Punishing Thrash / Melodic Death Metal from San Antonio.

Gainesville's Mythos bring a melodic death metal approach rooted in Gainesville's longstanding extreme metal tradition, active since 2020 under the Bandcamp handle mythoslore. Their sound channels the twin guitar interplay and dynamic intensity that defines the melodic death subgenre.

Cleveland's Mythrias have built a decade-long presence in melodic death and thrash metal since their 2014 formation, channeling the dual influence of classic thrash and the melodic death wave into a technically grounded, riff-driven attack. The band represents the resilient underground metal community of Northeast Ohio.

Los Angeles-based Namra blends the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg death metal with metalcore's rhythmic punch, producing a hybrid sound shaped by the city's genre-fluid heavy scene. The band has been pushing that fusion since 2019.