Concord, California's Torture Chamber has been active since 1998, making them one of the longer-running black metal acts from the Bay Area's underground — a testament to persistence in an unforgiving scene.

Sacramento, California's Torture DC traces a trajectory from thrash and speed metal roots into heavier death metal territory, with a sound that has evolved and darkened over time since their formation in 2022.

Santa Cruz, California's Torture Hammer formed in 2024, welding death metal's heaviness to hardcore's aggression and urgency — a young band working at the collision point of two extreme traditions.

Torture Machine is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2010 and currently signed to Umbrium Records. The band's lineup features guitarists Sergio Rojas and Tomás Verdugo, drummer Camilo Anrique, and vocalist Patricio Dosque, and they have released two full-lengths: Reduced to Nothingness (2023) and Shadowcult (2025).

Warren, Michigan's Torture Pig formed in 2023, mining the goregrind and brutal death metal underground for maximum grotesque impact with a name as blunt as the music it represents.

Houston old-school death metal. Filthy, grinding death in the classic vein.

Brutal Blackened Death Metal from Denton, Texas/Louisville, Kentucky.

Albuquerque, New Mexico's Torture Victim formed in 2024, bringing thrash metal's speed and antagonism to the high desert — a brand new entry in a city with a small but dedicated extreme metal scene.

Hamilton, Ohio funeral doom outfit Torture Wheel have been grinding out some of the genre's most punishing slow-motion heaviness since 2005, favoring glacial tempos and suffocating atmospheres that put them squarely in the tradition of the genre's bleakest practitioners.