San Francisco power metal outfit with origins stretching back to 1983, operating under a previous name before adopting Bad Press — one of the Bay Area's longer-lived metal acts.

Oklahoma City death metal and hardcore band fusing the brutality of death metal with hardcore's confrontational intensity, with lyrics centering on the destructive pull of addiction.

Fort Wayne, Indiana sludge and doom outfit channeling misanthropy, crime, and despair into crushingly heavy riffs, building a relentlessly bleak sonic portrait since 2017.

New Jersey doom and death metal band combining the suffocating weight of funeral doom with death metal's aggression, formed in 2023.

Badflower formed in Los Angeles in 2013 and quickly established themselves as one of alternative rock's most unflinchingly honest bands, with frontman Josh Katz addressing depression, addiction, and societal dysfunction with raw candor. Their hit 'Ghost' became a rock radio staple, and their debut 'OK, I'M SICK' earned critical praise for its willingness to confront darkness head-on. The band's dynamic range spans from whispered vulnerability to explosive, arena-filling rock anthems.

Punishing Death Metal out of Texas.

One of Dallas's longest-running black metal acts, Bael Occultus has pursued a raw and warlike sound rooted in pagan and martial themes since 1997.

Huntington Beach black metal project active since 2016, crafting cold and atmospheric material on California's Orange County underground circuit.

Fort Worth sludge and doom act whose slow-motion heaviness landed somewhere between Southern doom and noise rock before the band dissolved.