A Plague in Faith is a technical death metal band from Kansas City, Missouri. Their 2015 full-length "Resonating Blasphemy" delivers nine tracks of punishing, technically demanding death metal rooted in the Midwest underground.

A Portrait of Flesh and Blood is a symphonic and depressive black metal project from Los Angeles, California. Their 2015 full-length "The Pale Enchantress" weaves orchestral grandeur with raw black metal despair across seven tracks of atmospheric extremity.

A Pregnant Light is a prolific post-black metal and hardcore project from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mastermind Damian Master has released an enormous body of work blending black metal with post-punk, shoegaze, and hardcore influences, maintaining a relentless output of singles, EPs, and full-lengths that defy easy categorization.

Tampa, Florida deathcore project. The geopolitical name brings Soviet-era upheaval to the Sunshine State's breakdown-heavy underground.

Crushing Deathcore out of Texas.

Georgia doom metal project. The name paints an apocalyptic ocean of bone — mass death rendered as geography, fitting for the genre's fixation on oblivion.

A Second of Silence is a metalcore band from Mexico City, Mexico, originally formed in 2003 and known for their use of masks on stage. After a hiatus the band regrouped in 2014, releasing the EP Dying Light in 2015 and continuing to develop their debut album Between Shadows and Oblivion, drawing influences from As I Lay Dying, Slipknot, and Lamb of God.

A Sense of Gravity is a progressive metal and djent band from Seattle, Washington. Across two full-lengths — 2014's "Travail" and 2016's "Atrament" — the band crafts dense, polyrhythmic compositions that balance technical complexity with dynamic songwriting.

Sacramento deathcore project whose name evokes cinematic violence in the City of Light. Dramatic extremity from California's capital.