Visalia, California melodic death metal band blending metalcore song structures with the melodic riffing and aggressive vocal delivery of the Scandinavian melodic death metal tradition.

Sacramento metalcore band combining catchy melodic hooks with brutal, heavy riffing rooted in mid-2000s metalcore.

San Diego's most brutal export, fusing blistering deathgrind with progressive song structures and ferocious vocal range, evolving from raw gore-grind into technically devastating albums like Monolith of Inhumanity and Death Atlas while maintaining their uncompromising pro-animal, anti-human lyrical stance.

Los Angeles sci-fi doom trio whose debut channels the analog grit of Sleep and Monolord into dystopian, riff-heavy slow-burn doom with DIY ethics and a futuristic conceptual bent.

Los Angeles crossover thrash band fusing raw street-punk aggression of hardcore with riff-heavy Bay Area thrash assault in the tradition of classic 1980s crossover.

Half Moon Bay, California thrash metal band rooted in the Bay Area thrash tradition, delivering speed and precision in the style of classic 1980s West Coast thrash.

Founded by ex-Cattle Decapitation bassist Troy Oftedal, Cave Bastard forge a savage hybrid of death metal, sludge, and hardcore from San Diego with relentless abrasive heaviness.

Oakland heavy metal band rooted in traditional metal songwriting and hard-rocking riff craft, drawing from the deep well of classic American and British heavy metal.

Shasta, California's Caverns practice raw, lo-fi black metal leaning heavily into the primitive, underground aesthetic with sparse, tape-hiss-drenched recordings and bleak melodic sensibility.