Salt Lake City death metal and hardcore hybrid formed in 2021, fusing the brutality of death metal with the directness and physicality of hardcore punk.

Virginia Beach black metal project formed in 2019, crafting raw and atmospheric black metal in the tradition of the American underground scene.

Long Island, New York titans of brutal and technical death metal, Suffocation are widely regarded as one of the most influential bands in the genre's history, with seminal records like Effigy of the Forgotten helping define the sound of technical death metal in the early 1990s and beyond.

South Dakota black metal project formed in 2022, contributing to the sparse but growing underground extreme metal presence in the Northern Plains region.

Wheat Ridge, Colorado black metal band formed in 2019, drawing on the raw and ritualistic currents of the black metal underground with a sound informed by occult themes.

Macon, Georgia stoner metal band formed in 2013, blending the fuzz-drenched grooves of stoner metal with punk energy, rooted in the heavy Southern rock tradition of their home state.

Tampa, Florida band formed in 2022 that merges groove metal's heavy mid-paced rhythms with metalcore's post-hardcore dynamics and funk-influenced elements for a varied heavy sound.

Chicago atmospheric black metal band formed in 2017, evoking wide, desolate soundscapes through a blend of raw black metal intensity and expansive post-metal ambience.

Virginia black metal project formed in 2016, operating in the underground with a raw and uncompromising approach to the black metal tradition.