Venganza del Indio are a death/grindcore band from Puerto Montt, Chile, formed in 2021. They self-describe as "death grind metal from Puerto Montt, Chile" and released a self-titled twelve-track EP in September 2021.

Venomous Concept was formed in 2004 by Shane Embury of Napalm Death and Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth, two of grindcore's most recognized musicians, who assembled the project as a direct tribute to their hardcore punk roots — particularly Poison Idea, Black Flag, and Japanese hardcore. The band plays stripped-down, fast hardcore punk at odds with the technical extremity of the members' primary bands, producing five studio albums on Season of Mist including Retroactive Abortion (2004), Kick Me Silly VCIII (2016), and The Good Ship Lollipop (2023).

Houston occult doom/heavy metal. Dark, groovy, and dripping with evil.

Female-fronted psychedelic doom with vocalist Tiffany Marie over occult-themed compositions by KJLK. Released two records in 2014, blending heavy doom riffs with mythological and ritualistic atmosphere.

Dallas crossover thrash/hardcore. Fast and furious since the early 80s.

Kentucky's Verlorener Stolz — "lost pride" in German — take black metal's Germanic philosophical tradition seriously, crafting bleak, introspective music since 2017. Their choice of language signals a devotion to the form that goes well beyond surface aesthetics.

Flagstaff's Vermiform have been twisting melodic death and black metal together since 2011, creating something with the jagged edges of extremity and the structural ambition of melody. A decade-plus of refinement shows in music that bites hard and lingers long after.

Washington state's Vermin Messiah carry a name that distills their black metal worldview — contemptuous, heretical, and crawling with malevolent intention since 2021. Their approach favors atmosphere built from filth rather than grandeur.

Pennsylvania's Verminform apply a black metal framework obsessed with degradation and subterranean dread, active since 2020 in the tradition of the American underground. Sparse, hateful, and deliberately repellent — exactly as designed.