Denver's Exuvial launched in 2024 bringing progressive death metal ambition to Colorado's thriving extreme scene. Their name — evoking shed skins and transformation — hints at a sound that moves beyond rote brutality into something more compositionally adventurous, rooted in Denver's increasingly sophisticated metal community.

New York's Eye of the Storm operate at the ambitious crossroads of progressive metal and melodic hard rock, active since 2016. Their music tends toward the layered and dynamic — compositional complexity balanced against melody — shaped by the technically demanding standards of the New York prog metal scene.