Explore US Metal
Featured Album
Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse US Metal Bands
14964 bands found
Virginia black metal project formed in 2016, named after the psychological concept of a thought-form or mental construct, channeling that theme of manifested inner darkness into austere, underground black metal.
Death metal band based in Fairfax County, Virginia, formed in 2017, operating in the rotted, cavernous register of old-school death metal with a name — Spanish for "decayed tomb" — that telegraphs their thematic and sonic intentions.
Tacoma, Washington drone/doom/post-metal duo active since 2014, sculpting monolithic, slowly evolving soundscapes from feedback and repetition in the tradition of the Pacific Northwest's most extreme slow music.
Punishing Death Metal / Deathcore out of Texas.
San Diego, California death/doom metal band formed in 2023, merging the sepulchral atmosphere and mournful pacing of doom with the brutality of death metal in the style of the genre's earliest practitioners.
American black metal project formed in 2019 with no listed city affiliation, operating anonymously in the raw underground tradition and delivering the chaos and nihilism the name promises.
Tundra is a death metal and deathcore act from Topeka, Kansas, formed in 1997, blending the crushing heaviness of deathcore breakdowns with the more technical sensibilities of death metal.
Tung is a sludge metal band from Ventura, California, formed in 2019, delivering slow-grinding heaviness rooted in the coastally-tinged Southern California underground scene.
Tungsten Reigns is a crossover thrash band from Concord, California, formed in 2026, merging the ferocity of hardcore punk with the riff-driven aggression of classic thrash metal.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
US Metal Index indexes hundreds of US heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse US death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse US black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for US thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse US metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse US hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for US metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
US Metal Index is an index of US heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the US metal scene.