Formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2015 by guitarists Pablo Davila and Adam Mitchell alongside vocalist Rodrigo Carvalho, Irist combine sludge metal, progressive rock, groove, and Latin rhythmic influences into a sound that resists easy categorization. Signed to Nuclear Blast Records, the band's releases including Order of the Mind and the EP Gloria demonstrate an approach that draws from heavy metal, grunge, and post-metal without settling into any single idiom.

Austin's finest heavy crossover. 'The Sleeping Eye' is a masterpiece.

Crushing Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Houston.

Heavy Heavy Metal from Fort Worth.

Iron Reagan is the crossover thrash supergroup formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2012, featuring Municipal Waste vocalist Tony Foresta and members of Darkest Hour, Cannabis Corpse, and other Richmond heavy hitters. Their music is a furious, lightning-fast tribute to '80s crossover thrash and hardcore punk, delivered with the tongue-in-cheek humor of bands like D.R.I. and Suicidal Tendencies. Albums like 'Worse Than Dead' and 'Crossover Ministry' are pure adrenaline rushes, rarely letting a song exceed two minutes.

Crushing Southern / Heavy Metal, Stoner / Doom Metal from College Station.

Razor-sharp Thrash Metal from El Paso.

Iscaron is a black metal band from Barranquilla, Colombia, active since 2009 and currently signed to Entropy Records. The project is driven by the multi-instrumentalist known as Bhaal and deals in themes of anti-Christianity, darkness, and war, with releases including the 2015 EP "El sueño de Erzebet" and the 2023 EP "La estela de la revelación".

Formed in Shreveport, Louisiana in 2007, iwrestledabearonce became known for extreme genre collisions within single songs, juxtaposing mathcore, deathcore, jazz, synthpop, and country in ways that divided critics and built a devoted cult following. Their 2009 album It's All Happening reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart; across four full-lengths and nine years together, the band remained one of the more genuinely unpredictable acts in experimental extreme metal.