1000 Foot Bong is a doom metal band from Portland, Oregon, who announced themselves in 2023 with the four-track EP "Pre Roll." With song titles like "Munchies," "Grower," and "Resin Demon," the band wears their stoner-doom influences proudly and without pretense. The EP delivers slow, heavy riffs in the grand tradition of Pacific Northwest doom.

1000 Yard Stare is a death metal and groove metal band from the Detroit, Michigan area, active since 2000 with a career spanning nearly two decades. After an early self-titled EP, the band returned with the 2017 EP "Parasites" and the 2019 full-length "Benthic," named for the deepest ocean zone. Their sound merges the heaviness of death metal with the rhythmic stomp of groove metal.

1016 is a Southern heavy rock band from Metairie, Louisiana, just outside New Orleans, debuting in 2024 with the five-track EP "Gettysburg." The band plays a swampy, riff-driven style of heavy rock inflected with Southern grit and swagger. Tracks like "Styx & Twigs" and "Friend of Mine" suggest a band steeped in the tradition of Louisiana's heavy music legacy.

10:13 is a psychedelic heavy band from California whose two releases span 24 tracks of hallucinogenic heaviness since 2015. The band weaves occult imagery and sprawling compositions into a dense sonic tapestry, with tracks like "In the Black Book of Death" and "Oathbade" pointing toward ritual, ceremonial atmospheres. Their music sits at the intersection of psychedelia, doom, and heavy rock.

11:11 is a thrash metal band from Florida emerging in 2024 with two releases totaling 10 tracks. The band's debut material features titles drawing from multiple languages, reflecting an international outlook on aggressive thrash. They represent a new wave of Florida thrash at a time when the state's legacy in extreme metal continues to inspire fresh acts.

11:34 is a thrash metal act from London, Kentucky, releasing a five-track EP in 2023. The band delivers no-nonsense thrash from the heart of Appalachia, with tracks like "Warmed by Mine" and a stripped-down approach that prioritizes riff-driven intensity. They bring metal to a corner of Kentucky not typically associated with the genre.

12 Days Straight is a groove metal band from Atlantic City, New Jersey, releasing a four-track EP in 2020. The band plays a mid-tempo, heavy groove style with tracks like "Stomp" and "Shadow Man" that lean into crushing rhythmic weight. Their sound draws from the tradition of East Coast groove metal.

12 Gauge Autopsy is a deathcore act from Indiana whose debut 11-track release dropped in 2026 with a focus on forensic brutality. Track titles like "Chemical Castration," "Flesh Walking Feces," and "Hung on a Hook" leave no ambiguity about the band's fixation on visceral violence. The band deals in slamming, breakdown-heavy deathcore at its most uncompromising.

12 Point Buck was a death metal and hardcore punk band from New Jersey, active in the mid-1990s. Their 1995 release blended the ferocity of death metal with punk energy, featuring tracks like "SK8 Board" and "Flog" that reflected the era's crossover sensibilities. The band was part of the fertile New Jersey extreme music scene of the 90s.