Crushing Death Metal from Austin.

Los Angeles thrash outfit Death Force have been tearing through the sprawling SoCal metal scene since 2018, channeling the aggression of Bay Area forebears into a modern context. Fast picking, barked vocals, and unapologetically retro riff construction define their sound.

Virginia Beach's Death Harvest tend a crop of sun-scorched stoner doom, wringing heavy psych fuzz and oppressive tempos out of the coastal Virginia underground since 2022. Their riffs sprawl and crush in equal measure, conjuring images of flat farmland and burning sky.

Brooklyn's Death Icon fuse death and black metal within the borough's fierce underground, combining death metal's brute force with black metal's tremolo-heavy atmosphere since 2017. New York City's density and darkness seep into every passage of their recorded material.

Lewiston, Idaho's Death Illuminate have been practicing an isolated, self-sufficient strain of black metal since 2017, far removed from coastal scene politics and all the better for it. Their music carries the austere quality of their Pacific Northwest surroundings.

New York's Death Immortal occupy the aggressive territory where thrash metal and metalcore overlap, delivering high-energy performances and technically informed riff work since 2014. The band takes classic thrash vocabulary and injects it with the hard-hitting urgency of modern hardcore-influenced metal.

Tampa, Florida's Death Incarnate draw on their city's legendary death metal heritage, adding to the lineage of brutality that has defined Tampa's underground since the scene's founding in the late '80s. Formed in 2020, they carry those traditions into the present with unflinching commitment.

Tulsa, Oklahoma's Death Inquisition have been prosecuting their case for no-compromise thrash since 2012, channeling the intensity of the genre's classic era from the middle of America's heartland. Their thrash is blunt and fast, guided more by riff aggression than technical showmanship.

Santa Ana, California's Death Inquisition arrived in 2012 with a thrash metal attack that reflects Southern California's history of tight-knit underground scenes and high-energy live performance. Their version of the genre pulls from the Bay Area template and filters it through a distinctly SoCal lens.