Minneapolis death metal act Murder in the House of God traffic in blasphemous brutality, taking the anti-religious aggression embedded in classic death metal and giving it a suitably grim Midwestern weight. Formed in 2015, they're a fixture of Minnesota's underground extreme scene.

Lexington, North Carolina's Murder Maiden work within gothic metal's moodier traditions, weaving atmosphere and darkness into brooding, heavy compositions since 2019. Their approach favors emotional weight and shadowy aesthetics over pure aggression.

York, Pennsylvania death metal act Murder Method have been delivering straight-ahead brutality since 2019, with no-frills aggression rooted in the classic death metal tradition. Pennsylvania's industrial landscape seems to inform the blunt-force approach.

Butte Valley, California death metal act Murder of Crows emerged in 2019 with a rural isolation that bleeds into their sound — remote, uncompromising, and stripped of any metropolitan polish. Their approach stays rooted in death metal fundamentals without chasing trends.

Madison, Wisconsin's Murder of Crows (not to be confused with their California namesake) meld doom metal's oppressive weight with stoner fuzz and crust punk's rawness, arriving at something low, slow, and corroded. Active since 2019, they're part of Madison's fertile heavy underground.

Rising from the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona, Murder Rate deal in death metal with the desert's extremity baked in — harsh, unrelenting, and shaped by an environment that doesn't forgive. Formed in 2019, they bring a distinct geographic identity to Arizona's extreme metal scene.

Portland, Oregon's Murder Stroke have been carving up the grindcore and death metal overlap since 2017, favoring brevity, speed, and a caustic production aesthetic that suits the city's long-running DIY tradition. Short songs, maximum violence.

Atlanta death/thrash outfit Murder Van channel the crossover tradition of bands who refused to choose between brutality and velocity, fusing thrash metal's momentum with death metal's tuning and aggression. Active since 2019, they bring that combination to Atlanta's busy metal underground.

Elwood, Indiana's Murderdrome mix the grinding heaviness of death metal with groove metal's thick, mid-paced riff vocabulary, forming a band as blunt as the small-town Midwest landscape they come from. Founded in 2022, they're among the younger acts pushing Indiana's metal scene forward.