Katy, Texas brutal death metal act playing in the tradition of the Texas brutal death scene, with influences rooted in the sound of bands like Devourment.

Doom and sludge metal band delivering the genre's slow, oppressive heaviness through down-tuned riffs and a suffocating atmosphere.

Chesapeake, Virginia band working across death metal, deathcore, and technical death metal, combining the surgical precision of tech-death with the breakdown intensity of deathcore.

Greensboro, North Carolina heavy and power metal band rooted in the melodic, high-energy traditions of classic power metal.

Phoenix, Arizona death-doom band merging the slow funeral weight of doom metal with the harsh vocal and riff aesthetics of death metal for a brooding and cavernous sound.

Black metal act from Battle Ground, Washington, founded in 1996 by brothers Jake and Nick Superchi, blending symphonic orchestration and dark ambient textures into their "American Deathphonic Black Metal" style; their concept album Salem 1692 and releases on labels like Moribund Records brought them recognition in the American black metal underground.

Los Angeles, California death metal band playing in the tradition of the West Coast death metal underground with a dark and aggressive approach.

Black metal band from Beckley, West Virginia, delivering raw and ritualistic black metal steeped in the genre's characteristic coldness and aggression.

Phoenix, Arizona black metal act channeling the genre's raw, occult atmosphere into a ritualistic and menacing sound rooted in underground black metal aesthetics.