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Austin, TX · 2020–present · active
Austin's Tibetan Sky Burial fuse blackened savagery with the wide, contemplative sweep of post-metal, drawing on funerary imagery and drone-laden atmospherics. The project formed in 2020 and occupies the bleaker, more ritualistic corner of the Texas experimental underground.
Brooklyn, New York City, NY · 2022–present · active
Brooklyn's Tidal Bore arrived in 2022 with a sound that smears death metal aggression across a sludge-coated frame, favoring punishing tempos that occasionally collapse into murky, caustic slowdowns. They capture the abrasive confrontationalism of the current NYC underground.
San Diego, CA · 2016–present · active
San Diego's Tideless weave death-doom density with shoegaze texture, producing a sound that's simultaneously crushing and immersive — churning riffs suspended in reverberant haze. The band has been refining this submerged aesthetic since forming in 2016.
Providence · 2014–present · active
Providence's Tides trade in atmospheric sludge and post-metal, building slow-burning compositions that favor emotional weight over brute force. Since 2014 the band has cultivated a sound rooted in dynamic tension, moving between quiet dread and dense, wall-of-sound crescendos.
Chicago, IL · 2019–present · active
Chicago's Tides Cult formed in 2019 at the collision of black metal's cold ferocity and hardcore's blunt-force urgency, generating a sound that's caustic and kinetic in equal measure. They're part of a broader Chicago wave pushing extreme metal into rawer, more confrontational territory.
Pittsburgh, PA · 2020–present · active
Pittsburgh's Tides of Accretion lean into the slow and sepulchral, pairing doom metal's deliberate decay with death metal's tonal darkness for music that feels geological in its patience and mass. The project formed in 2020 and reflects Pittsburgh's long affection for heavy, underground extremity.
Colorado Springs, CO · 2024–present · active
Colorado Springs newcomers Tides of Technocracy launched in 2024 playing death-thrash with a mechanistic edge, hammering out riffs that carry both the precision of death metal and the kinetic aggression of thrash. Their recent formation puts them at the leading edge of Colorado's burgeoning extreme metal circuit.
Holyoke, MA · 2014–present · active
Holyoke, Massachusetts' Tides of Time have been working in progressive metal since 2014, emphasizing technical ambition and extended compositional structures over genre orthodoxy. Their work reflects the introspective side of New England progressive music, prioritizing atmosphere and craft.
Loveland, CO · 2017–present · active
Out of Loveland, Colorado, Tierkrieger has been carving a path through blackened death metal since 2017, blending black metal's spectral menace with death metal's physical brutality into something appropriately hostile and elemental. The project embodies the isolated, uncompromising quality often found in Colorado's extreme underground.

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