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Featured Album
Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
05/21 @ 170 Russell, Melbourne
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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Kansas City metalcore act channeling left-hand-path themes through aggressive breakdowns and heavy riffs, contributing to Missouri's underrated heavy music community.
Reston, Virginia death metal project whose album titles — Starch Enemy and Omnivore — build an elaborate food-themed mythology through punishing extremity. Culinary death metal from the DC suburbs.
Portland thrash band tearing through the Rose City's metal scene with aggressive speed and precision, adding to the Pacific Northwest's versatile heavy music output.
Lebanon, Ohio death metal band from the Cincinnati suburbs, delivering technical extremity informed by Southwest Ohio's productive underground metal community.
Virginia Beach speed/thrash metal project. A blunt, two-word mission statement from Hampton Roads' metal underground.
Indianapolis progressive metal project exploring internal conflict through complex, introspective compositions, reflecting the contemplative side of Indiana's heavy music scene.
Tucson deathcore act delivering crushing superiority-themed breakdowns from the Arizona desert, adding savage intensity to the Southwest's extreme metal landscape.
New York City crossover thrash band bringing Bay Area-meets-East Coast aggression to the five boroughs, delivering pit-ready fury with hardcore punk attitude.
Twentynine Palms stoner metal band from the high desert outside Joshua Tree, their sun-scorched, psychedelic doom perfectly mirroring the alien landscape of California's Mojave.
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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.