Providence's Epochsis bring a Rhode Island perspective to metalcore, a scene more often associated with New York and New England's larger cities. Since 2022 they've been one of the younger acts working in a genre that rewards emotional directness and physical impact in equal measure.

Columbus, Ohio's Epod have been delivering death metal in the city's quietly productive underground since 2012, an act that thrives on consistency and the communal energy of a scene that punches well above its national profile. Their straightforward approach keeps the focus on the riff and the groove.

Phoenix's Epyon blend progressive composition with thrash metal's aggression, a combination well-suited to Arizona's sprawling, sun-scorched landscape. Active since 2011, they represent the thoughtful side of the desert Southwest's heavy music output.

Out of Okeechobee, Florida, Equalizer level everything in their path with slam and brutal death metal that puts sheer heaviness above all other considerations. Founded in 2020, they carry the Florida death metal tradition into one of the state's most unlikely locations.

Equidnos is a Black/Doom Metal band from Quito, Ecuador rooted in occultist themes. The project released its debut full-length, "Una larga noche de nekromancia 'Kuddesiell Konsinnatio Korporis'", in 2019 through Wolfgang Records, followed by the EP "Instrumentos para medir el viento" in 2021.

Washington State's Equilibrium have been navigating black metal's cold terrain since 2001, channeling the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric bleakness into raw, uncompromising music. Their catalog reflects the region's tradition of isolation-bred intensity.

Heavy Ritual Dark Ambient from Plano.

Pittsburgh's Equipoise stand at the sharpest edge of technical/progressive death metal, weaving contrapuntal guitar work and shifting time signatures into compositions of genuine compositional depth. Their 2019 debut established them as one of the most intellectually demanding acts in the genre.

Heavy Dark Ambient (early); Techno / EBM (later) from Dallas (early)/San Antonio (later).