Groove metal band from Uniontown, Ohio, formed in 2017, channeling the heavy, mid-paced attack of American groove metal with a name drawn from the lethal alkaloid strychnine.

Thrash metal band from Crystal Lake, Illinois, formed in 2017 and unrelated to the Ohio groove metal act sharing the same name, delivering aggressive Bay Area-influenced thrash in the Chicago-area underground.

New Jersey band formed in 2011 that began in death and thrash metal before transitioning toward deathcore, documented by Metal-Archives as progressing from death/thrash roots to a heavier breakdown-driven sound. They have built a following in the Northeast underground over their decade-plus of activity.

Heavy and power metal band from Kent, Washington, formed in 2010, delivering melodic, guitar-driven metal in the classic American power metal tradition, part of the Pacific Northwest's active heavy metal community.

Death and thrash metal band from Asbury Park, New Jersey, formed in 2010, combining the technical aggression of death metal with the speed and attitude of thrash in the tradition of East Coast extreme metal.

Blackened death and thrash metal band from Pullman, Washington, formed in 2010, fusing the darkness of black metal with the technical brutality of death metal and the kinetic energy of thrash in the Eastern Washington underground.

Baltimore, Maryland band formed in 2010, working across heavy, power, and thrash metal styles with a broad approach that spans the melodic grandeur of power metal and the aggressive drive of thrash.

Death metal band from Troy, New York, formed in 2010, contributing to the upstate New York underground with a straightforward, brutality-focused approach to the genre.

Progressive and heavy metal band from Bowling Green, Ohio, formed in 2010, incorporating grunge and progressive rock influences alongside traditional heavy metal, yielding a sound that is more eclectic than most of their namesakes.