Death metal band from Mishawaka, Indiana, formed in 2016, operating in the dense and overlooked underground of the American heartland. Their name evokes a kabbalistic hierarchy of forces, lending a philosophical undercurrent to the brutality.

Death metal band from Eugene, Oregon, formed in 2021, with a punk-inflected identity visible in their presentation. They bring a no-frills, confrontational energy to Oregon's heavy underground.

Black metal band from Davenport, Iowa, active since 2013. Named after a funerary cult-like gathering evoked by the Colossi of Memnon, they bring a ritualistic, mythology-steeped sensibility to the American Midwest black metal underground.

Formed in 2021 in Opelika, Alabama, Septarian forge a sound that fuses the melodic sweep of Scandinavian death metal with the aggressive riff velocity of thrash. Their approach leans hard into dual-guitar interplay and driving rhythms that never sacrifice hook for brutality. Still a young band, they represent a promising new voice in the American melodic death/thrash underground.

Out of Layton, Utah since 2008, Septic Baptism have spent nearly two decades building suffocating walls of sludge and doom from the high desert. Their music moves at a glacial, punishing pace, drawing equally from the corrosive weight of sludge and the mournful slow-burn of traditional doom. They are one of Utah's most enduring heavy underground acts.

Emerging from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2020, Septic Chasm deal in raw, uncompromising death metal rooted in the gutter end of the American tradition. Their sound channels the grimy, cavern-drenched aesthetic that defines contemporary underground death metal. Despite their relatively recent formation, the band carries the weight and conviction of a much older act.

Septic Corpse crawled out of Frostburg, Maryland in 2024, immediately planting themselves in the goregrind end of extreme music. Their brand of grindcore prioritizes speed and grotesque texture over everything else, trading in the kind of lo-fi savagery that goregrind demands. Even as a newly formed outfit, they waste no time making their filthy intentions known.

Los Angeles death metal act Septic Fumes formed in 2023 and quickly established a reputation for dense, suffocating brutality within the sprawling Southern California underground. Their music draws on the city's long tradition of brutal and old-school death metal, filtered through a modern contempt for polish. They are a young band with an ugly, uncompromising vision.

Furious Crossover / Thrash Metal from Houston.