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South Carolina's Demiser have been one of the more ferocious entries in the blackened thrash revival since forming in 2018, dealing in the raw, speed-obsessed hybrid that traces its lineage back to early Sodom and Bathory. Nasty, lo-fi, and proud of it — Demiser play as if the underground metal underground never got polished out of existence.

Santa Ana's Demiseria bring melodic death metal to the heart of Orange County's underground, forging hooks and heaviness in the tradition of the Gothenburg scene's most approachable entries. Formed in 2018, they navigate the familiar melodeath territory with enough personality to make it their own — technical enough to impress, melodic enough to stay lodged in the memory.

Portland, Oregon's Demisery have carved out their corner of the city's robust death metal underground since 2011, delivering the genre in its most unadorned form. In a city full of stylistic hybridizers, their commitment to straight-ahead death metal gives them a focused identity — nothing borrowed, nothing diluted.

Atlanta's Demitri arrived in 2023 with a groove and thrash metal approach suited to a city that has always rewarded heavy riffs with a rhythmic backbone. Young and sharp, they channel the thrash/groove hybrid that defined much of the 1990s extreme metal landscape but give it a distinctly Southern swagger.

Raleigh's Demiurge work the vast and mist-filled territory of atmospheric black metal and ambient music, channeling the North Carolina piedmont's woodlands and transient weather into sweeping, immersive compositions. Formed in 2017, they belong to the American post-black metal tradition that treats the genre as a vehicle for landscape and introspection as much as aggression.

Westchester County's Demiurge take a blackened melodic death metal approach that fuses the aggression of both traditions into something darker and more textured than either produces alone. Formed in 2017 in the shadow of New York City, they draw on the metropolitan area's dense metal ecosystem while pursuing a sound that's more atmospheric and nocturnal than the typical underground.

Little Rock's Demiurge operate in the slow and heavy lane, pursuing progressive doom metal with the patience and structural ambition the genre demands. Formed in 2017 in Arkansas — a state with a quietly tenacious metal underground — they build their compositions through deliberate weight and evolving arrangement rather than speed or shock.

Pittsburgh's Demiurge have been dragging death metal through the swamp since 2017, fusing the city's rust-belt heaviness with the slow, suffocating weight of doom. Their death/doom approach leans into cavernous riffs that collapse under their own mass, burying the listener in glacial tempos and guttural menace.