Thunderous Groove Metal from Fort Worth.

Born in Los Angeles in 2020, Hohlgeist fuses raw black metal with shoegaze, wrapping tremolo-drenched noise in hazy, atmospheric drift. The result is something hollow and haunted, as if the void itself has a texture.

Out of Norwich, Connecticut, Holding On to Nothing has been mining the grief-soaked terrain where doom metal meets hard rock since 2016. Their music leans into the weight of loss without surrendering the riff.

Apopka, Florida's Hollentor deal in the epic and the anthemic, blending heavy metal muscle with power metal's soaring sensibility since 2017. Their name — German for "gateway to hell" — hints at the grandiose drama they pursue.

Soaring Heavy / Power Metal (early); Alternative / Hard Rock (later) from Houston.

A California black metal project active since 2021, Hollow Husk traffics in desolation and stripped-down hostility. What remains after the flesh is gone — hollow, cold, and unrelenting.

Hollywood Undead emerged from the MySpace era with an audacious fusion of rap-rock, nu-metal, and pop-punk, hiding behind signature masks while delivering anthemic party tracks and darker introspective cuts in equal measure. From the frat-house chaos of 'Swan Songs' to the more refined aggression of later albums like 'New Empire,' the LA sextet have built one of rap-rock's most enduring followings.

Vicious Groove / Thrash Metal from San Antonio.

Intense Heavy Metal from Lewisville.