Missouri death metal project. The caustic burial ground name promises an afterlife of corrosion.

Ferocious Thrash Metal from Victoria.

Los Angeles death metal project. The name's hostility channels LA's darker undercurrents through extreme music.

Winchester, Kentucky stoner metal project. The name suggests divination through elevated places — fitting for music from the Bluegrass highlands.

Brookfield, Wisconsin thrash metal project. The name blends acropolis and prophet — elevated prophetic metal from the Milwaukee suburbs.

Across Antarctica is a death metal band originally from Binghamton, New York, later relocated to Tampa, Florida. The band channels the brutality of the Tampa death metal tradition.

Across the Sun is a progressive metalcore band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2004. The band built their sound across a series of EPs — including the well-received Pestilence & Rapture in 2009 — before releasing their debut full-length Before the Night Takes Us in 2011 on Metal Blade Records. Their music fuses melodic progressive metal architecture with metalcore aggression and dual vocal approaches.

Across Tundras is a progressive psychedelic doom and stoner metal band that originated in Denver, Colorado before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. With thirteen releases spanning their career, the band has built an expansive catalog of sprawling, cinematic doom that evokes vast American landscapes through layers of heavy psychedelia.

Acrucé Mortem is a black and death metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. The band channels the ferocity of blackened death metal from the heart of the Southern underground.