Long Beach's GraveDanger deal in straightforward heavy metal with a feel for classic songcraft and riff-forward energy. Since 2013 they've kept the traditional flame lit in Southern California, uninterested in chasing trends.

Kansas City's Gravelord blend death metal's brutality with the groove-forward swagger of groove metal, producing a sound that moves as much as it destroys. Since 2015 they've ruled their corner of the Missouri underground with thick, mid-paced authority.

Illinois's Gravelord channel melodic death metal's twin obsessions with heaviness and melody into a sound built for both the head and the gut. Their 2015 formation places them in a long tradition of Midwestern melodeath acts who wear their Scandinavian influences without apology.

Louisville's Gravemouth operate at the intersection of deathcore and death metal proper, speaking in the language of slammed breakdowns and corrosive riffs. Active since 2015, they've refined Kentucky's underground brutality into something reliably ugly.

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Fresno, California's Graven Maul arrived in 2018 with a death metal approach that treats brutality as craft — each riff a deliberate blow rather than a random swing. Their sound carries the sun-baked, hardened character of California's Central Valley underground.

Short-lived epic metal side project featuring Jason Tarpey (Iron Age, Eternal Champion) on vocals, channeling Manilla Road and Brocas Helm. One demo, then done.

Fort Myers, Florida's Gravenchalice have been pouring black metal's poison into their cup since 2020, crafting a sound that broils in Florida's extremity. What they summon is malevolent and intentional, shaped by the peculiar darkness of the state's underground.