A 2022 addition to Seattle's extreme underground, Maggot Grinder weaponize death metal and grindcore into something dense and fast — quick songs built to leave a mark, not a melody. The Pacific Northwest crust is baked into every track.

Savage Goregrind from Austin.

Tucson's Magguts drag death metal and grindcore through the desert dust, conjuring something dehydrated and violent from the Sonoran underground. Active since 2013, they've refined a sound as harsh and unforgiving as the Arizona sun.

Magicus Pacha Moon is a Death/Doom Metal band from San Gabriel, Carchi, Ecuador, originally formed in 2001 and revived in 2019. Their 2021 debut album "Vientos de Immortalidad" draws on old-school death/doom influences, exploring themes of nature, solitude, and introspection through ten tracks recorded under the cold shadow of the Andean mountains. The band is currently active and releases through Wolfgang Records.

Relentless Raw Black Metal / Punk out of Texas.

Milwaukee's Magma Dragon breathe symphonic power metal into the Great Lakes city's metal scene — ornate arrangements, operatic ambitions, and a genuine flair for the grandiose. Since 2013 they've been one of Wisconsin's most theatrical heavy acts.

Ohio's Magnitude-9 sit at the demanding overlap of progressive and neoclassical metal, where sweep-picked arpeggios meet labyrinthine song structures. Since 2008 they've cultivated a technically exacting style that demands as much from the listener as from the player.

Magnolia Park write pop punk with a restless modern vocabulary, folding emo melody, post-hardcore release, trap-influenced rhythm, and metalcore-sized impact into songs that move quickly and aim straight for the hook. The band first drew wider attention through a rush of singles and the Halloween Mixtape era, then used Baku's Revenge to sharpen a colorful, narrative-minded identity built around heartbreak, anxiety, friendship, and fantasy-horror imagery. Their arrangements often start from bright guitar movement and polished vocal lines, then harden through shouted passages, heavier riffs, or breakdown-shaped turns that give the songs more punch than standard radio pop punk. Joshua Roberts' vocals bring a clean, agile lead presence, while the band around him keeps the tracks dense with quick transitions, electronic accents, and sudden bursts of aggression. Later releases such as Halloween Mixtape II and VAMP pushed the group's comic-book and dark-pop worldbuilding further, letting glossy choruses sit next to heavier textures without losing momentum. Magnolia Park's strength is that the songs feel accessible and busy at once, built for immediacy but packed with enough stylistic movement to reward repeat listening.

Fort Worth's Magnus build technical progressive metal with a Texas sense of scale — sprawling, precise, and unafraid of complexity. Since 2010 they've pushed the boundaries of what progressive metal can sound like in the Lone Star underground.