Lake Worth, Florida's Musket Breath came together in 2023 fusing death metal brutality with powerviolence fury and grindcore velocity, resulting in a ferocious hybrid that doesn't stay in any lane for long. Their approach reflects the anything-goes extremism that has always thrived in South Florida's underground circuit.

Progressive power metal band from North Haven, Connecticut, Myopia marries the soaring melodic ambition of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity, building songs that balance technical sophistication with anthemic, memorable delivery.

Baltimore's Mystic-Force have been developing their progressive heavy and power metal sound since 2010, building elaborate song structures around virtuosic playing and wide-ranging dynamics that set them apart from the more straightforward side of the power metal scene.

Cleveland, Ohio's Mystik formed in 2018 and blend power and thrash metal into a high-energy combination — the melodic ambition and vocal hooks of power metal fused with the speed and aggression of thrash, giving their music a driving, hook-laden intensity.