Fate of All is a melodic death/doom metal solo project from Monterrey, Mexico, formed in 2018. The project released its debut album Angels Around Us in December 2018, a five-track record blending melodic death and doom metal.

Fates Warning formed in Hartford, Connecticut in 1982 and are recognized as one of the founding acts of American progressive metal alongside Queensrÿche and Dream Theater. After beginning as an Iron Maiden-influenced heavy metal band, the group pivoted decisively with Awaken the Guardian (1986), featuring guitarist Frank Aresti, and followed with the landmark No Exit (1988) and the intricately arranged Perfect Symmetry (1989), the latter frequently cited as a defining album of the genre. Guitarist Jim Matheos has remained the sole constant member through decades of lineup changes, with the band's most recent album Long Day Good Night released in 2020.

Fear Catalyst is a melodic death metal band from Aguascalientes, Mexico, formed in 2022. The five-piece released their debut full-length Atrabilis in March 2022, featuring dual guitars and the classic melodeath sound.

Los Angeles' Fear Factory were industrial metal visionaries who merged machine-gun precision riffing with Burton C. Bell's groundbreaking clean/harsh vocal dichotomy, creating a template that countless bands would follow. 'Demanufacture' and 'Obsolete' remain towering achievements in the fusion of extreme metal and industrial electronics, their dystopian sci-fi themes proving eerily prescient decades later.

San Antonio crossover thrash/punk. Wild, funny, and ferocious.

Ruthless Folk / Melodic Death Metal from Plano.

Venomous Black Metal from Austin.

FEVER 333 formed in Inglewood, California in 2017, founded by ex-Letlive vocalist Jason Aalon Butler alongside guitarist Stephen Harrison (the Chariot) and drummer Aric Improta (Night Verses), performing their first show in a U-Haul truck in a donut shop parking lot on July 4th. The band's sound merges rap metal, post-hardcore, and political punk in the tradition of Rage Against the Machine, addressing racism, systemic violence, and social inequality with pointed directness on their debut EP Made an America (2018) and full-length Strength in Numb333rs (2019). Both Harrison and Improta departed in 2022, and Butler rebuilt the band with a new lineup — including former The Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen — releasing the second album Darker White in 2024.

Technical Progressive Metal from Austin, Texas (early); Champaign/Chicago, Illinois (later).