From the small South Carolina town of Gloverville, Throne of Anguish layer symphonic bombast over heavy and black metal foundations, producing a dramatic, grandiose sound that carries the weight of their name with genuine conviction.

Portland, Oregon's Throne of Awful Splendor practice blackened death metal with a title that promises baroque darkness and a sound that delivers — violent and dense, drawing from the Pacific Northwest's rich tradition of extreme underground metal since 2014.

Providence, Rhode Island's Throne of Blood take the chaos of grindcore and bend it through noise and experimental metal, creating something fractured and unpredictable — a fitting output from one of America's most iconoclastic underground music cities.

Seattle's Throne of Bone have been riding the black/thrash intersection since 2011, combining the reckless speed of old-school thrash with the filth and darkness of underground black metal in the Pacific Northwest tradition of no-frills extremity.

Virginia Beach's Throne of Botis take their name from a demonic entity and channel that occult ferocity into brutal death metal that has been bearing down on the Virginia underground since 2016 — technically savage and deliberately oppressive.

Columbus, Ohio's Throne of Decay blend melodic death metal's sweeping, mournful leads with black metal's freezing atmosphere and abrasive intensity, carving a niche in the Midwest's growing extreme metal underground since their formation in 2022.

Throne of Evil is a black metal band that formed in Antofagasta, Chile in 2006 before relocating to Santiago. Signed to Schattenkult Produktionen, the band has released four full-lengths including Muerte por creencias (2013), Orator (2020), and La noche más oscura (2026), drawing on themes of paganism, ancestry, and anti-religious misanthropy.

Portland, Oregon outfit Throne of Eyes formed in 2022 at the intersection of death metal brutality and deathcore breakdowns, channeling the Pacific Northwest's heavy underground into a punishing, riff-driven sound. Their approach leans into technical aggression without sacrificing the sheer weight that defines modern deathcore.

Bloomington, Indiana's Throne of Iron play unapologetic traditional heavy metal with an earnest reverence for the genre's classic era — twin guitar harmonies, galloping riffs, and soaring vocals that recall the NWOBHM spirit transplanted to the American Midwest. Formed in 2018, they've carved out a niche for straight-ahead steel in a college town better known for indie rock.