Ecuador Cadáver is a death/thrash metal band from Machala, Ecuador, formed in 2004. Driven by themes of war, Ecuadorian violence, and anti-Judeo-Christian ideology, the band built their catalog with the full-lengths Dark Path of Blood and Fire (2009) and Unholy Triarchy of the Ancient Covenant (2012), alongside numerous demos and splits released through Wolfgang Records.

Austin noise rock/post-punk. One of the great unsung bands of the Austin underground.

Denver's Eddie Kim charts one of the more interesting trajectories in the underground — starting from post-rock and progressive territory before evolving toward death metal, deathcore, and djent, active since 2011.

Edeem is a death metal band from San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, formed in 2015. The band draws influence from black metal, metalcore, science fiction, and horror, and released their debut EP "En la boca de la locura" in 2019. A follow-up demo, "Demo[níaco]," appeared in 2021.

Anaheim's Eden arrived in 2020 with a traditional heavy metal sensibility rooted in the Southern California scene — earnest and riff-forward, drawing from the genre's classic foundations.

Eden Burns work the groove-heavy end of heavy metal with a muscular, no-nonsense approach, formed in Bowie in 2020 with enough swing in the riffs to keep heads moving.

Erie, Pennsylvania's Eden on Fire are a 2023 heavy metal outfit carrying the torch for the genre's classic forms — a new band from the Great Lakes region with old instincts.

Brooklyn's Edenic Past bring an experimental edge to brutal death metal, formed in 2020 with a technical framework that pushes against the subgenre's more rigid conventions.

Out of Houston in 2025, Edeniswaiting blend melodic death with deathcore hooks — part of a new wave of Texas extreme metal acts arriving with modern production sensibilities and a clear melodic identity.