100 Suns is a death metal project from San Francisco, California, releasing a single three-part EP titled "Perpetual Balance" in 2008. The EP's structure — three interconnected movements — suggests an ambitious, progressive approach to death metal composition. The project takes its name from the blinding flash of nuclear detonation, fitting for music built on overwhelming sonic force.

Sacramento, California death metal project whose Latin name — meaning 'from the divine' — inverts the sacred through extreme music.

San Jose, California death metal project. The unsettling name suggests something inhuman wearing flesh as disguise — body horror from Silicon Valley.

Oakland death metal project. The name's body count matches the Bay Area's reputation for uncompromising extremity.

Abysmal Dawn is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California. One of the premier acts in modern American death metal, the band has delivered a consistently punishing catalog since the mid-2000s, with albums like "Obsolescence" and "Phylogenesis" showcasing their blend of technical precision and brute force.

Abysmal Piss is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Ceres, California. With a 2018 demo and a 2019 promo, the band delivers the kind of guttural, low-budget extremity that thrives in the goregrind underground.

Sacramento death metal project. The name coinages a practitioner of the abysmal — a professional of the void.

Abyssium is a blackened death metal project from Santa Rosa, California. The band channels the darkest currents of the Northern California underground.

Acephalix is a death metal and crust band from San Francisco, California. Formed in the late 2000s, the band carved out a niche at the intersection of death metal and crust punk, evolving from their raw early demos into the polished devastation of 2017's "Decreation" across five releases.