Grand Rapids power/progressive metal outfit blending soaring melodic vocals with technically ambitious arrangements since 2010. Their music balances the anthem-driven energy of classic power metal with the structural complexity of progressive songwriting.

New Jersey thrashers formed in 2017, delivering the kind of pit-ready aggression that carries on the Garden State's underground metal tradition. Their sound favors blunt riffing and urgency over technical flash.

Fresno thrash outfit with one of metal's most deliberately confrontational names, channeling the San Joaquin Valley's working-class grit into raw, no-frills thrash since 2017. Expect speed, attitude, and zero pretense.

A solitary American black metal project that emerged in 2023, Endеløs takes its Norwegian-inflected name as a statement of aesthetic intent — cold, atmospheric, and rooted in the orthodox black metal tradition.

Atlanta's Enders Game have been sharpening their melodic thrash attack since 2003, threading tight lead work and catchy hooks through the kind of muscular riffing that defined the Southeast metal underground. Two decades in, they remain one of Georgia's most consistent acts.

Romeoville, Illinois groove and southern metal band bringing swaggering mid-tempo heaviness to the Chicago suburbs since 2016. Their sound leans into the thick, churning groove of acts like Pantera filtered through Midwestern stoicism.

Suffocating Sludge / Doom Metal out of Texas.

One of Los Angeles's longer-running black metal acts, Endless Blizzard has been active since 1997 — a rare instance of West Coast black metal with real longevity. Their approach favors raw, wintry atmospheres far removed from the LA sunshine.

Nebraska's Endless Bummer smears drone, sludge, and doom into a suffocating slow-motion dirge that feels as flat and relentless as the Great Plains themselves. Formed in 2013, their music is the sound of existential weight given a distortion pedal.