Groove metal from Dallas. Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul post-Pantera project.

Buffalo's Damages have been crafting melodic death metal with a pronounced sense of craft and songwriting depth since 2009. They channel the Scandinavian melodeath template through an American lens, adding their own blue-collar edge to the genre's soaring sensibility.

Muskegon, Michigan's Damascus have carved out a decade-plus career in melodic heavy metal, balancing accessible hooks with enough muscle to satisfy the hard rock and metal overlap. Their sound favors melody and clean production within a traditional heavy metal framework.

Los Angeles' Damascus grind out death/thrash metal with a West Coast ferocity that draws on both technical death metal precision and thrash's instinctive directness. Formed in 2011, they represent the harder-edged side of the LA underground.

Raleigh's Damascus Steel wield the genre's most literal name with conviction, delivering high-octane power metal forged for arenas and festival stages. Formed in 2022, they bring soaring vocals, galloping rhythms, and the kind of anthemic songwriting that defines the style.

Uhrichsville, Ohio's Damascus Steel bring a blue-collar midwestern grit to the traditionally European sound of power metal. Formed in 2022, their take on the genre favors directness and power over baroque excess.

Out of the suburban Bay Area city of Alamo, California, Damascus Steel pursue bright-tempered power metal with polished ambition since their 2022 formation. A West Coast voice in a genre historically dominated by European acts.

Named for the Haitian Vodou serpent deity, Van Nuys' Damballa traffic in black metal infused with occult imagery and ritualistic atmosphere. Since forming in 2019 in the shadow of Los Angeles, they've channeled underground menace into a sound that feels genuinely cursed.

Drawing the name from Irish Gaelic mythology, New Mexico's Damhnait craft raw black metal that carries a sense of isolation fitting the high desert landscape. A recent arrival on the scene, formed in 2023, with a sound rooted in primitive, unadorned ferocity.