Formed in Florence, South Carolina in December 2005, Graves of Valor featured members drawn from the Through the Eyes of the Dead circle and signed to Relapse Records for their sole album Salarian Gate, released in May 2009. The record offered technically focused death metal with thematic references to ancient Rome, standing as a compact and precise statement before the band dissolved due to lineup instability. Key members later resurfaced as Ditch Eel.

San Diego's Graveseer, formed as recently as 2025, traffic in the slow-creeping territory of sludge-doom, building visions out of distortion and dread. Their music is prophetic in its patience — each riff arriving like an omen rather than a blow.

Los Angeles black metal act Gravespawn have been conjuring grim, lo-fi darkness from within the sprawl of Southern California since 2016. Their sound retreats from the city's glare into shadow, constructing something austere and deliberately hostile.

Colossal Death / Doom Metal out of Texas.

Florida's Graveview have been staring into the death metal abyss since 2018, their sound shaped by the state's long and storied tradition of brutality. Straightforward and unornamented, they prioritize the visceral over the cerebral.

Devastating Symphonic Deathcore out of Texas.

Lexington, Kentucky's Graveyard Romeos bring a sardonic swagger to heavy metal, their name suggesting a band that courts darkness with a wink. Since 2018 they've combined classic heavy metal's sense of drama with a distinctly Southern sensibility.

Houston's Gravitias launched in 2025 at the aggressive crossroads of melodic death metal and metalcore, where soaring leads collide with crushing breakdown architecture. Still new to the Texas scene, they arrive with the technical weight their name promises.

San Francisco's Grayceon built their identity around an unlikely core: cello, guitar, and drums weaving together progressive metal with chamber-music intimacy. Since 2007 they've made heavy music that is as likely to ache with melody as it is to crush.