Great American Ghost channel the fury of Boston's hardcore scene through a metallic lens that incorporates death metal heaviness and nihilistic rage. Formed in 2011, vocalist Ethan Moses leads the band through suffocating albums like 'Power Through Terror' and 'Torture World,' which tackle American dysfunction with a scorched-earth intensity. Their sound sits at the intersection of hardcore punk's urgency and death metal's brutality, creating something genuinely unsettling.

Guilt Trip is a ferocious hardcore band from Syracuse, New York that blends metallic hardcore, beatdown, and death metal influences into an unrelenting sonic assault. Formed in 2016, the band delivers crushing low-end heaviness paired with venomous vocals that channel both rage and despair. Their releases have earned them recognition in the increasingly heavy modern hardcore underground, where they've become fixtures on stacked lineups.