Kansas City's Gravelord blend death metal's brutality with the groove-forward swagger of groove metal, producing a sound that moves as much as it destroys. Since 2015 they've ruled their corner of the Missouri underground with thick, mid-paced authority.

Louisville's Gravemouth operate at the intersection of deathcore and death metal proper, speaking in the language of slammed breakdowns and corrosive riffs. Active since 2015, they've refined Kentucky's underground brutality into something reliably ugly.

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Fresno, California's Graven Maul arrived in 2018 with a death metal approach that treats brutality as craft — each riff a deliberate blow rather than a random swing. Their sound carries the sun-baked, hardened character of California's Central Valley underground.

Short-lived epic metal side project featuring Jason Tarpey (Iron Age, Eternal Champion) on vocals, channeling Manilla Road and Brocas Helm. One demo, then done.

Fort Myers, Florida's Gravenchalice have been pouring black metal's poison into their cup since 2020, crafting a sound that broils in Florida's extremity. What they summon is malevolent and intentional, shaped by the peculiar darkness of the state's underground.

Detroit's Graverape drag death-doom through the city's post-industrial wreckage, their slow-motion riffing carrying the weight of something truly decayed. Since 2020 they've cultivated a deliberately repellent sound that suits Motor City's abrasive character.

Originally formed in 2002 with ties to Phoenix, Arizona, Graves at Sea relocated to Portland, Oregon and built a slow-burning reputation across splits and EPs released through Southern Lord and 20 Buck Spin before a 2008 breakup and subsequent 2012 reunion. Their long-awaited debut full-length The Curse That Is finally arrived in 2016 on Relapse Records, a crushing hour-plus of sludge and doom metal nearly fifteen years in the making. The band drew on the Oregon and Oakland heavy underground, drawing comparisons to Eyehategod and Electric Wizard while maintaining a distinctly bleak Pacific Northwest character.