Chapel Hill, North Carolina black metal act debuting in 2025 with a self-titled full-length. A fresh addition to the Triangle area's growing extreme metal scene, arriving fully formed with album-length ambition from the start.

Portland deathcore outfit whose 2020 debut Beyond the Watchtowers delivers crushing breakdowns and apocalyptic atmosphere from the Pacific Northwest. The album paints visions of civilizational collapse through the lens of modern extreme metal.

Detroit thrash metal project from the Michigan underground.

Denver death metal project from the Colorado underground.

Syracuse, New York thrash metal act arriving in 2023 with a self-titled EP. Sharp, focused thrash from Upstate New York's scrappy underground, carrying the torch for a genre that refuses to die.

Indianapolis doom metal project with a prolific six-release catalog since 2020. From their self-titled debut through multiple live recordings and splits, they've established themselves as a cornerstone of Indiana's heavy underground, dealing in the kind of slow, crushing riffs that make time feel irrelevant.

Walpole, Massachusetts death metal project delivering old-school extremity since 2022. Their Sacred Vessel EP and follow-up demo channel the New England tradition of grim, no-frills death metal — cold, dark, and unforgiving as a Massachusetts winter.

Euless death metal project from the Texas underground.

Chicago doom and heavy metal project whose 2013 single MMXIII conjures visions of classic Candlemass and Black Sabbath worship. A nod to the genre's oldest traditions from a city that has always appreciated heavy music at its most elemental.