Risen from the ashes of Soul Inquisition. Active since 2000, making them one of Houston's longest-running doom acts.

Dark psychedelic heaviness channeling Swans and Sabbath from Austin.

San Diego death metal outfit Lord Demise have been crafting unrelenting, riff-forward brutality since 2018, with the sun-scorched aggression of Southern California's underground.

Fresh out of Prineville, Oregon, Lord Doomitron deliver high-desert doom and stoner metal built for long drives through nowhere, thick with fuzz and slow-motion menace.

Lord Dying formed in Portland, Oregon in 2010 and quickly established themselves in the sludge and doom metal underground, signing to Relapse Records for their debut Summon the Faithless (2013). Subsequent albums Poisoned Altars (2015) and Mysterium Tremendum (2019) expanded their palette to include progressive and psychedelic elements, with Kerrang! describing the latter as a prog-metal masterpiece. Their 2023 album Clandestine Transcendence further developed their increasingly ambitious approach, cementing their place among the Pacific Northwest's most creatively restless heavy bands.

Pittsburgh's Lord Humongous collide black metal's scathing atmosphere with thrash metal's driving aggression, arriving in 2023 with an aptly named wall of filthy energy.

Tampa's Lord Khaos emerged in 2023 drawing from Florida's storied death metal legacy while fusing it with black metal's corrosive atmosphere for a genuinely menacing hybrid.

Asheville's Lord of Diamonds blend thrash riffs, metalcore crunch, and death 'n' roll swagger into a rowdy, genre-defiant attack shaped by the mountains of western North Carolina.

New York's Lord Papus play heavy metal steeped in occult mysticism, channeling the ceremonial into driving, riff-led compositions since their 2023 formation.