A progressive metal solo project out of Jackson, Michigan, K Prouty has been crafting intricate, composition-forward metal since 2019. Expect layered arrangements and a studied approach to the genre's more cerebral end.

Dallas death/thrash outfit K.O.D. has been grinding out punishing riffs since 2010, blending the aggression of thrash with the heaviness of death metal in the Dallas underground scene. Their sound sits firmly in the tradition of no-frills extreme metal with a Texas edge.

Named after the mythical Lovecraftian city of the gods, Kadath are a funeral doom outfit from Ephrata, Pennsylvania, conjuring glacially slow, suffocating heaviness since 2018. Their music wallows in sorrow and enormity, built for listeners who find comfort in the abyss.

A fresh-formed goregrind project launched in 2024, Kadavered traffics in the kind of blasting, guttural extremity that defines the most uncompromising end of American grind. Short, fast, and relentlessly ugly.

Melodic death metal from Independence, Missouri, Kadens have honed a sound that balances hook-driven melody with genuine aggression since 2012. The band bridges the Gothenburg tradition with the harder-edged sensibility of American metal.

Springfield, Missouri's Kaffeine have been a persistent fixture in the Midwest death metal underground since 1999, maintaining their output across decades of lineup shifts and scene changes. Their durability alone marks them as one of the region's more committed acts.

Out of Seattle since 2023, Kakarotabafatada fuse death metal brutality with the chugging density of deathcore, bringing Pacific Northwest grime to a genre that rewards volume and physicality. A young band with a name that demands attention.

Erie, Pennsylvania's Kalanthes weave black metal atmosphere and melodic death metal songwriting into a single dark tapestry, a combination the band has been refining since 2018. Their Lake Erie location gives their sound an appropriately cold and remote quality.

One of the newer entries in the US black metal underground, Kaldevind emerged from Cary, North Carolina in 2025 with a sound rooted in icy, traditional black metal aesthetics. The name — Norwegian for "cold wind" — signals exactly what kind of darkness they're pursuing.