Out of Russellville, Alabama, Goatscorge operate at the rawest edges of black/death metal, where production quality is an afterthought and atmosphere is everything. Since 2019, they've served up unfiltered sonic ugliness from deep in the American South.

New York's Goatsmoke traffic in the hazy, bone-heavy intersection of stoner and doom, where riffs unspool slowly and the fuzz never fully dissipates. Formed in 2022, they've already developed a sound that feels comfortably lived-in and oppressively thick.

Founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1997 by guitarist Sammy Duet, formerly of sludge metal pioneers Acid Bath, Goatwhore have built one of the most consistent bodies of work in American blackened death metal over more than two decades. Albums like Carving Out the Eyes of God (2009) and Blood for the Master (2012) on Metal Blade Records cemented their reputation for relentless, riff-driven extremity with a distinctly Southern character. Their satanic lyrical themes and high-output touring schedule have made them a fixture of the underground metal circuit.

Asheville, North Carolina's Goatworship bring a ritualistic intensity to black metal steeped in the mountainous atmosphere of Appalachia. Active since 2016, they've developed a devoted following in the Southern underground.

Cincinnati's Goblin Cleaver wrap symphonic grandeur around a core of blackened death metal, producing music that's as theatrically imposing as it is technically ferocious. Since 2021, they've demonstrated that the two approaches don't just coexist — they amplify each other.

Clarence, New York's Goblin Hovel draw equally from folk tradition and doom metal's downcast weight, weaving a sound that feels ancient and mournful in equal measure. Since 2012, they've ranged across folk, doom, and neofolk with a restless, world-building imagination.

Reno's Goblin Pussy play sludge metal with the city's characteristic edge — abrasive, feedback-drenched, and resistant to easy categorization. A 2024 newcomer, they've already planted their flag in the muck.

Albany, New York's Goblinectomy apply surgical brutality to their brutal death metal, surgically excising anything soft or restrained from their compositions. Formed in 2022, they are blunt, precise, and relentlessly heavy.

Marrero, Louisiana's God Awful channel the Southern bayou's humidity and menace into a death/thrash attack that sounds like it's been marinating in bad intentions since 2010. Their riffs carry both the groove of the Gulf Coast and the violence of classic death-thrash.