San Diego's Shrieking, formed in 2025, operate in the atmospheric and depressive wing of black metal, crafting bleak, suffocating soundscapes that lean into introspection and emotional desolation over aggression.

Spokane, Washington's Shrieks of the Impaled have navigated blackened death metal since 2012, combining the atmospheric menace of black metal with death metal's raw brutality in material that reflects the Pacific Northwest's fertile underground extreme scene.

Highland Charter Township, Michigan's Shrine of Broken Glass, formed in 2021, blend melodic black metal sweep with deathcore's crushing low-end architecture, constructing a layered and aggressive hybrid that pushes both genres toward their outer edges.

Chicago's Shrine of Flesh merge deathcore and death metal into a dense, pit-ready assault, the band's Illinois roots feeding into a sound that reflects Chicago's long history of producing technically demanding and physically punishing extreme music since 2015.

Palm Springs, California's Shrine of Resurrection, formed in 2021, pursue progressive death metal filtered through metalcore's structural sensibility — ambitious compositions that balance technical complexity with the direct aggression of the modern heavy underground.

Springfield, Missouri's Shrine of Skulls arrived in 2024 delivering straightforward death metal with an old-school attitude — the band favors riff-driven brutality and a no-frills approach that recalls the genre's early-90s underground origins.

Portland, Oregon's Shrine of the Serpent have been crafting funeral-paced doom/death metal since 2015, their suffocating sound built on glacial tempos, cavernous production, and an atmosphere of irreversible dread that defines the Pacific Northwest's heaviest underground currents.

San Francisco's Shrinebuilder are a supergroup formed in 2009 from members of Sleep, Neurosis, The Melvins, and Scott Kelly's solo projects, combining stoner and doom metal traditions into monolithic, lysergic compositions that draw from the full weight of their members' combined legacies.

Chicago doom and stoner metal outfit formed in 2023, channeling the heavy, haze-drenched weight of slow-grinding riffs and oppressive atmosphere. A young band from the Midwest already staking out territory in the ritualistic end of the doom spectrum.