Certain Death is a thrash metal band from Newberg, Oregon, delivering straightforward, aggressive thrash informed by the classic American underground of the 1980s. Their no-frills approach centers on tight riffing and punishing tempos.

Cerulean is a Tucson-area act blending black and death metal into a harsh, extreme sound that draws from both genres' most punishing tendencies. Their material combines blackened dissonance with death metal brutality.

Cerulean Dawn is a New England black metal project cultivating an atmospheric and melodic style rooted in the cold, desolate tradition of Nordic and ambient black metal. Their output emphasizes mood and texture alongside raw metallic aggression.

Cessation is a San Diego, California funeral doom metal band crafting extraordinarily slow, grief-laden compositions built on crushing low-end riffs and bleak, suffocating atmosphere. Their work sits at the extreme end of the doom spectrum, prioritizing heaviness and despair over accessibility.

Cesspool is an Atlanta, Georgia death metal band delivering the putrid, guttural brutality that defines the American underground death metal tradition. Their sound emphasizes raw, filthy aggression with thick, down-tuned riffing.

Crushing Death Metal from Dallas.

Cesspool of Genocide is a New Jersey-based black/death metal act combining the cold hostility of black metal with the crushing brutality of death metal. Their extreme approach draws on the underground traditions of both genres.

Cetacean is a Los Angeles, California doom and sludge metal band building massive, slow-moving compositions out of grinding riffs and oppressive low-end heaviness. Their sound evokes the oceanic enormity suggested by their name, blending Southern-inflected sludge with crushing doom.

Cetragore is a Quincy, Massachusetts death/thrash metal band combining the speed and riff intensity of thrash with the brutality and aggression of death metal. Their tight, energetic playing reflects the strong New England underground metal tradition.