Chesapeake, Virginia's Putrid Christ have been working the American black metal underground since 2015, playing straightforward, anti-Christian black metal with a mean, stripped-back edge. Their Bandcamp presence reflects a band committed to the DIY black metal ethos without embellishment.

Atlanta's Putrid Lair have been lurking since 2009, making them one of the more seasoned black/death metal acts in the American Southeast. Their sound draws from the murky intersection of the two genres, favoring density and dread over speed, and they remain a fixture of the Georgia underground.

New York black/death metal project Putrid Omen arrived in 2023, steeped in the kind of malevolent, war-metal-adjacent atmosphere that has defined the East Coast underground's harder edges. Short on information but long on intent, they add another dark corner to the already crowded but vital New York extreme metal scene.

Baltimore black metal act Putrid Servant have been active since 2012, carving out space in the city's notably prolific extreme metal scene with a cold, orthodox approach to the genre. Their decade-plus tenure marks them as a persistent underground presence in the mid-Atlantic black metal world.

Dayton, Ohio's Putrid Stu is a goregrind and brutal death metal project that leans hard into the absurdist, splatter-film side of the genre — a one-person or small-band affair that has been churning out crude, blasting extremity since 2018. The Dayton underground has produced some fierce acts, and Putrid Stu fits squarely in that tradition of low-budget, high-intensity noise.

San Diego death metal outfit Putrid Tomb formed in 2020 and plugs directly into Southern California's deep well of old-school death metal worship, favoring thick guitar tones and punishing tempos over any modern sheen. They are part of the steady post-2015 wave of OSDM revivalists that has kept the San Diego underground particularly active.

Ripping Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Livingston.

Crushing Brutal Death Metal from Seguin/San Antonio.

Green Bay, Wisconsin's Putrilence is a very new act formed in 2024 that straddles goregrind and slam/brutal death metal — their Bandcamp handle putrilenceslam makes the priority clear. The band's Metal Archives genre description shows an evolution already in progress, moving from gore-influenced death toward the heavier, more structured brutality of slam.