Intense Southern / Groove Metal / Metalcore from Austin.

Cleveland's Cross the Rubicon bridges the aggression of death metal with the structured heaviness of metalcore, carving out a brutal sound in the Ohio underground. Their music hits hard with tight riffing and punishing breakdowns.

Tacoma's Crossing Crusades blend the locking groove of heavy rhythm sections with the metalcore aggression of the Pacific Northwest underground. Their sound channels working-class heaviness through modern metal arrangements.

Virginia's Crosswords in Pen brings emotional urgency to metalcore, pairing introspective lyrical themes with genre-standard heaviness. Their approach reflects the mid-Atlantic hardcore scene's influence on the metalcore sound.

Dallas metalcore/post-hardcore. Cinematic heaviness with electronic elements.

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.

Nashville's Cumshot Wound are a grindy noise-worship unit who pack visceral, relentless riffs and raw, socio-political lyrical content into short, grinding blasts that blur the lines between death metal, grindcore, and metalcore. Formed in 2024 and signed to Scum City Entertainment, they quickly became one of Tennessee's most confrontational new acts.

Pittsburgh metalcore act channeling the aggressive energy of hardcore and metal into heavy, riff-driven compositions. Cursed Form draws from the Steel City's DIY scene tradition with a sound built on intensity and urgency.

Sanford, North Carolina band combining metalcore and thrash metal into an aggressive hybrid sound. Cursed from Birth NC blends hardcore-rooted song structure with the riff-shredding velocity of thrash.