Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Trainwrecked emerged in 2022 playing groove-laced metalcore, tapping into the Rust Belt's blue-collar metal tradition with a modern edge and a penchant for heavy, propulsive riffing.

Tampa, Florida's Traitor Crucifix draw on their city's legendary extreme metal legacy while bringing crossover, thrash, and crust punk into the mix, delivering a raw and antagonistic sound since 2014.

Fort Myers, Florida's Traitors deal in unrelentingly brutal downtempo deathcore, with guttural slam vocals and glacially paced, crushing breakdowns designed to physically overwhelm audiences. Their sound strips deathcore to its most oppressively heavy essence, eschewing melody and technicality in favor of pure, suffocating weight that has made them favorites in the underground slam and deathcore communities. Albums like 'Repent' showcase a band committed to pushing the boundaries of low-end extremity.

Columbus, Ohio's Traitors Return to Earth have been sinking deep into stoner-sludge-doom's tar pit heaviness since 2011, layering fuzz and feedback over glacial tempos and a persistent sense of weighted despair.

A heavy and power metal outfit from San Mateo, California, Tramontane bring a classic European flavor to the Bay Area scene — soaring vocals, twin guitar harmonies, and a knack for epic song structures rooted in the NWOBHM tradition.

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Orlando's Tranquilizer fuse doom and stoner metal into a heavy, lethargic wall of sound — slow-churning riffs, fuzz-drenched tones, and the kind of suffocating groove that the Florida heat demands.

Little Rock, Arkansas's Tranquilo lean deep into the psychedelic end of stoner/doom, weaving hazy, slow-burning riff cycles with a trippy, meditative quality that sets them apart from heavier fare in the mid-South.