Alarico channels the dark intersections of death rock, post-punk, and doom metal through a lens of anarcho-punk intensity. Founded in Oakland, California in 2008, the band draws from the Bay Area's rich tradition of boundary-pushing heavy music. Their sound conjures an oppressive atmosphere that sits somewhere between Joy Division's bleakness and the crushing weight of funeral doom.

After defining horror punk with the Misfits and exploring dark hardcore with Samhain, Glenn Danzig launched his self-titled band in Lodi, New Jersey in 1987, creating a blues-drenched, doom-laden heavy metal sound all his own. 'Mother' became one of the most iconic metal songs of the '90s, while albums 'Danzig II: Lucifuge' and 'Danzig III: How the Gods Kill' established him as metal's most compelling darkly romantic figure. His baritone croon and obsession with the occult created a template that countless bands have tried to replicate.

New Orleans' Eyehategod are the definitive sludge metal band, dragging blues-soaked doom through a swamp of feedback, distortion, and misanthropic fury since 1988. Mike IX Williams' anguished howl over Jimmy Bower's crushing, tempo-shifting riffs on 'Take as Needed for Pain' and 'Dopesick' established the blueprint that inspired countless sludge and doom acts. Their sound is as much a product of New Orleans' oppressive heat and hard living as any musical influence, making them inseparable from their environment.

Granite State is a five-piece metalcore and hardcore band from Germantown, Maryland that has been refining their crushing sound since 2018. The band flirts with metalcore, doom metal, and hardcore punk, creating something abrasive, confrontational, and dense. Their EP 'Proper Forms of Protest' showcases a band that values heaviness and honesty in equal measure.

Zakk Sabbath is Zakk Wylde's devoted tribute to Black Sabbath, performing the Sabbath catalog with thunderous fidelity alongside bassist Blasko and drummer Joey Castillo. Far from a casual side project, the power trio attacks Ozzy-era Sabbath classics with the raw energy and reverence of musicians who grew up worshipping at the altar of Tony Iommi.