Massive Doom Metal out of Texas.

Experimental atmospheric metal from Fort Worth. Early material explored avant-garde thrash territory. Releases on Visceral Circuitry Records.

Savage Avant-garde Death Metal from Dallas, Texas / Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Chicago's Unapproachable Light arrived in 2021 with a black metal sound that leans into coldness and distance — the kind of music that feels suited to an empty city street at 3am. The name carries weight: this is not welcoming territory.

Unbleed are a groove metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2015. They released their debut full-length "War Machine" the same year, a nine-track album distributed as a free download through the Chilean music platform Bajo Eléctrico.

Veteran San Diego outfit Unbroken have existed in the space between hardcore and metalcore since 1993, outlasting countless trends and scene shifts through sheer conviction. One of the longer-running acts in the American hardcore-adjacent underground, they bring decades of battle-hardened intensity.

Edwardsville, Illinois death-thrashers Unburied have been plowing through the American underground since 2006, fusing the morbid heaviness of old-school death metal with the kinetic aggression of thrash. No-frills and consistently bruising.

Auburn, Washington's Unchosen are a newer progressive metal outfit, formed in 2023, bringing a technically oriented approach to the Pacific Northwest scene. Still in their early stages, they show promise for fans of forward-thinking, riff-focused heavy music.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2023, Undead Legion channel the aggression and crunch of classic thrash into a no-frills attack with a distinctly modern SoCal edge. Young but combative, they're another entry in the city's long tradition of street-level thrash.