Albuquerque, New Mexico act formed in 2022 working the crossroads of thrash metal, groove metal, and hardcore, delivering punishing mid-tempo riffs alongside aggressive, pit-ready energy.

Los Angeles heavy metal band formed in 2016, rooted in the classic American heavy metal tradition with a no-frills approach to riff-driven songwriting and muscular song structures.

Heavy metal outfit from Vermillion, Ohio, formed in 2016, channeling the straight-ahead power and directness of traditional heavy metal from the shores of Lake Erie.

Seattle technical death metal band formed in 2014, pursuing the hyperkinetic complexity and surgical precision that defines the genre's most demanding practitioners on the West Coast.

Seattle progressive metal project formed in 2012 that integrates electronic elements into a heavy foundation, merging synthetic textures with the compositional ambition of progressive metal.

San Antonio sludge metal band formed in 2022, built around suffocating low-end and caustic noise in the tradition of Texas heavy underground acts with an uncompromising approach to filth-drenched heaviness.

Indianapolis band formed in 2017 operating in the space between traditional heavy metal and stoner metal, delivering riff-forward songs with bluesy swagger and fuzzed-out tonal warmth.

Steel Back are a heavy/speed metal band from Panquehue, in Chile's Valparaíso region, who released their debut demo Después de Muerto in 2018. Their 2022 debut full-length El Poder de la Bestia, recorded and mastered at LV Studio, was followed in 2023 by the concept album Alligators, which continues the story of the character introduced on the first record.

Dallas blackened death/thrash fusing Bolt Thrower-style heaviness with vicious thrash and black metal.