San Diego brutal death metal band formed in 2023, adding to Southern California's thriving extreme metal underground with punishing low-end heaviness and unrelenting aggression.

Inglewood, California death/thrash metal band formed in 2018, channeling the Southern California underground's appetite for speed and brutality through a hybrid of death and thrash influences.

Black metal band from New Hampshire, formed in 2025, part of a new wave of American black metal acts pursuing a raw, unadorned approach to the genre.

Toledo, Ohio experimental and progressive death metal band formed in 2015, pushing the genre toward unconventional structures and sonic exploration while retaining death metal's core intensity.

Salt Lake City doom, sludge, and stoner metal band formed in 2006, widely acclaimed for their distinctive sound that incorporates violin and viola alongside crushing heaviness, earning considerable recognition with albums such as No Help for the Mighty Ones and More Constant Than the Gods.

SubRose are a symphonic metal band from Iquique, Chile, formed in 2008, built around a science fiction concept narrative following a character named Alexandrehia, the last survivor of the human race after Earth's destruction. The band released three full-length albums between 2016 and 2018 — The Escape, The Planet of Darkness, and Center of the Galaxy — each advancing the saga through cinematic orchestration and melodic metal compositions.

Oklahoma City band formed in 2014 that splices together thrash metal, grindcore, and doom into a chaotic and deliberately genre-defying hybrid rooted in the Oklahoma underground.

Shelby Township, Michigan death/thrash metal band formed in 2017, combining the brutality of death metal with the kinetic energy and riffing density of thrash.

Peoria, Illinois metalcore band formed in 2024, contributing to the Midwest's growing metalcore underground with a sound built on heavy breakdowns and melodic tension.