Atiesia is a death metal trio from Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, formed in 2017 by guitarist and vocalist Johan Esteban Moreno alongside bassist Diego Osorio and drummer Cristhian Guarnizo. The band released their debut EP "Falsos Altares" in 2019, a four-track recording rooted in fast, heavy death metal. They remain active and independent, with Moreno also active in several other Colombian extreme metal projects.

Texas black metal act named after the anxiety medication, channeling the Lone Star State's vast emptiness into raw, medicated darkness.

Seattle black metal project whose name references the legendary Pipil warrior, bringing Central American historical themes to the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric black metal scene.

Asheville, North Carolina progressive metal act crafting ambitious, fantasy-themed compositions from the Blue Ridge Mountains, blending technical precision with storytelling grandeur.

Watervliet, Michigan NWOTHM project with two releases since 2011. Mistress Of Ghosts and the French-titled La Petite Mort EP blend classic heavy metal with gothic atmospherics from West Michigan's lakeshore.

Orlando, Florida melodic death metal project whose 2022 debut grieving and growing up uses lowercase honesty to strip melodeath down to its emotional core. A coming-of-age album rendered in dual harmonies.

Tampa death metal project whose 2019 debut Beneath the Cosmic Silence explores the void between stars through crushing extremity. Cosmic horror from Florida's death metal capital.

Dallas hardcore punk and sludge project with three releases since 2018. The Inglewood Tapes series captures raw, unvarnished aggression from the DFW underground — punk-inflected sludge that hits like a withdrawal from a cash machine that only dispenses punishment.

Kent, Ohio doom band from the college town that birthed Devo, delivering a very different kind of heavy — slow, meditative, and crushingly weighty.