Newton, New Jersey's Death Catapult sling slow-burning stoner doom at the audience like boulders through fog, trading speed for weight and atmosphere. Formed in 2025, they draw from the heaviest end of fuzz-soaked doom and psychedelic rock.

Lakeland, Florida's Death Chant have been practicing their unholy fusion of black and death metal since 2005, funneling Floridian heat into cold, ritualistic extremity. Their music occupies the brutal intersection of death metal riffing and black metal atmosphere.

Billings, Montana's Death Chariot are one of the more unlikely outposts of American power metal, delivering soaring vocals and galloping riffs from the high plains since 2005. Their two-decade run makes them veterans of a regional scene where traditional heavy metal rarely finds an audience.

Death Colony is a black metal project shrouded in deliberate anonymity, operating without a listed location and letting the music speak in shrieks and tremolo alone. Formed in 2021, the project pursues a raw, stripped-down approach to black metal orthodoxy.

New York's Death Corps have been channeling the aggression of classic East Coast thrash since 2019, delivering tight riff work and aggressive vocal delivery in the tradition of the tri-state underground. Their name carries the no-frills militancy their music backs up.

Connecticut death metal act Death Creation emerged from Mansfield in 2022, bringing the genre's relentless brutality to a state better known for prog and metalcore than straight-ahead death. Their sound is rooted in riff-forward, mid-tempo devastation.

Hammonton, New Jersey's Death Cült Messiah blend the slow-burn heaviness of doom metal with rock-leaning song structures and an occult undercurrent since 2017. The umlaut signals their intent: this is doom with ceremonial weight, not just stoner riffing.

Harrodsburg, Kentucky's Death Dealer arrived in 2023 armed with straight-ahead thrash aggression and the chip-on-shoulder energy of a band with something to prove. Their corner of rural Kentucky doesn't have much of a metal scene, which only seems to fuel their attack.

Encinitas, California's Death Dealer bring a power metal approach honed since 2023, drawing on the melodic grandeur and technical precision that define the West Coast's take on the genre. Their coastal origins inform a sound that's polished without sacrificing edge.