Technical dissonant death metal signed to Willowtip Records. Their sound draws from Obscura-era Gorguts and Immolation, with members Ian Bishop, Chris Hillam, and Sam Kang forming the core lineup since 2012.

New York City black/speed metal solo project drawing from Japanese punk, Eastern European black metal, and raw lo-fi production with a punk-inflected vocal style.

Louisville sludge metal trio rooted in true sludge grime with infusions of doom, thrash, and punk, recording their punishing debut in an abandoned Catholic church for maximum sonic oppression.

Baton Rouge black/death metal band active since the mid-1990s, blending occult Satanic themes with a ferocious mixture of blasting death metal and corrosive black metal, remaining fiercely independent throughout.

An Arkansas progressive metal project from Siloam Springs blending black metal atmosphere with prog-metal song structures and technical musicianship.

A New Jersey death metal outfit from Woodbridge delivering punishing double-bass-driven brutality and guttural vocals rooted in East Coast death metal traditions.

San Diego's most brutal export, fusing blistering deathgrind with progressive song structures and ferocious vocal range, evolving from raw gore-grind into technically devastating albums like Monolith of Inhumanity and Death Atlas while maintaining their uncompromising pro-animal, anti-human lyrical stance.

Brooklyn sludge metal outfit with ex-members of Nausea and Born Against, churning out discordant, noise-rock-infected heaviness blending hardcore abrasion, sludge crawl, and death metal ugliness.

Denver death metal and grindcore band delivering fast, unrelenting blasts alongside chunky death metal riffs rooted in classic deathgrind brutality.