Colorado Springs sludge/death metal project with a rapid-fire 2025-2026 output including covers compilations and originals. A prolific one-person operation grinding out heaviness at altitude.

Providence, Rhode Island sludge and stoner metal project. Nocturnal predatory wisdom rendered in crushing fuzz from the Ocean State.

Northern California sludge crushers operating out of Chico since 2012. Their discography spans splits with European heavyweights like Pyramido and domestic collaborators Enth, building a reputation for punishing low-end devastation. Their 2024 EP Resilience proves they've only gotten heavier with time.

Lawrence, Kansas sludge metal project. The Spanish word for 'threat' channels menace through collegiate town heaviness.

Virginia noise rock and sludge outfit formed in 2023, channeling the abrasive end of American heavy music into their debut American Dreams Diner Open 24 Hours. The album title alone captures the band's corroded take on Americana.

New York sludge metal project. Patriotic mortality rendered in crushing heaviness.

Oklahoma City metalcore project. The absent — lost or disappeared — channeled through aggressive music.

Minneapolis sludge metal project. Ophidian imagery rendered in crushing Twin Cities heaviness.

Tucson sludge metal duo conjuring apocalyptic heaviness from the Arizona desert since 2017. Their releases — Monuments to Departed Worlds and The Elysian Void — deal in the kind of monolithic, slow-burning devastation that sounds like the Sonoran landscape crumbling to dust.