Norfolk's Eclipsus work the depressive and atmospheric strains of black metal, a project formed in 2021 that finds its character in bleak, suffocating soundscapes from the Virginia coast.

Cortland, New York's Ecliptic Vision have been grinding away at straight-ahead death metal since 2016 — no frills, no distractions, just the genre's core brutality done with conviction.

Massive Epic Crust / Doom / Thrash Metal out of Texas.

Minneapolis melodic death metal act Ecphasis formed in 2019 with a clear focus on hook and heaviness in equal measure, carrying on a tradition the city has quietly nurtured for decades.

Fresno death metallers Ecryptic have been at it since 2008, delivering the genre's Central Valley strain with the kind of patient, persistent dedication that separates lifers from trend-chasers.

Atlanta's Ecryptus represent the Southern chapter of the death metal underground, active since 2008 with a direct, no-decoration approach that keeps the genre's original brutality front and center.

Boston's EcSovereign launched in 2023 as a progressive metal project with strong compositional instincts — a new voice in a city with a rich tradition of technically minded heavy music.

Ecstatic Vision are a heavy psych quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013 by guitarist Douglas Sabolik following the dissolution of A Life Once Lost. Drawing from Detroit proto-punk (MC5, The Stooges), krautrock (Can, Guru Guru), space rock (Hawkwind), and Zambian rock, the band signed to Relapse Records for their debut Sonic Praise (2015). Subsequent albums Raw Rock Fury (2017), For the Masses (2019), and Elusive Mojo (2022) continued to push the band's raw, exploratory sound.

Seattle's Ectopic Pregnancy, formed in 2024, weaponize brutal death metal and goregrind in the tradition of Pacific Northwest extremity — confrontational, visceral, and unapologetically ugly.