Explore US Metal
Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Luminiferous (2015)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Metalcore Album
Shame On Me (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse US Metal Bands
2659 bands found
Tampa, Florida's Traitor Crucifix draw on their city's legendary extreme metal legacy while bringing crossover, thrash, and crust punk into the mix, delivering a raw and antagonistic sound since 2014.
Fredericksburg, Virginia's Transgression take a sharper, faster approach — thrash and speed metal delivered with raw edge and plenty of headbanging momentum, carrying the torch of classic American thrash in the mid-Atlantic.
please update this band
please update this band
Springfield, Missouri's Transylvania lean into the Gothic mythology their name implies, delivering traditional heavy metal with a horror-tinted sensibility that fits the Ozarks' gothic underbelly since their 2017 founding.
Denton, Texas's Trap Lord barrel through crossover thrash and hardcore with reckless abandon — fast, ugly, and deliberately obnoxious, thriving in the fertile DIY scene of Denton's college-town underground since 2017.
Lakeland, Florida's Trash have been delivering blunt, no-frills thrash metal since 2015, keeping the genre's raw and aggressive roots alive in a state better known for its death metal exports.
Newly formed in 2025, Atlanta's Trash Compactor bring a death/thrash hybrid that reflects the Georgia city's long tradition of extreme metal, applying modern brutality to the genre's classic bone-crushing template.
Seattle's Trash Cult operate at the crossroads of thrash metal and punk, with their 'xtrashcultx' Bandcamp handle signaling a straight-edge-adjacent attitude fused with the Pacific Northwest's abrasive underground sensibility since 2018.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
US Metal Index indexes hundreds of US heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse US death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse US black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for US thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse US metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse US hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for US metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
US Metal Index is an index of US heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the US metal scene.