Oakland, California thrash and heavy metal band Cobweb pull from the Bay Area's legendary thrash tradition while keeping one foot in classic metal territory. Their music has the gritty, street-level intensity that Oakland's underground is known for.

Codefendants are the genre-fluid supergroup of NOFX's Fat Mike, Get Dead vocalist Sam King, and rapper Ceschi Ramos, formed in Berkeley, California in 2021. The trio mashes punk rock, hip-hop, flamenco, and new wave into what they call 'crime wave,' a sound designed to defy every expectation. Their debut on Fat Wreck Chords showcases three artists from different musical worlds finding common ground in chaos and experimentation.

Sonoma County, California heavy metal band Coffin Hunters bring a traditional heavy metal approach to the Bay Area's wine country, with riff-forward songwriting and a classic sensibility. They represent the enduring appeal of no-frills heavy metal in Northern California.

Glendale, California's Cogort deploy a grinding death metal assault characterized by blunt-force rhythms, guttural vocal punishment, and a compulsion to keep songs fast and mean.

Los Angeles thrash veterans Cold Blood bring old-school precision and aggression to their work, channeling the Bay Area tradition through SoCal intensity in riff-forward, no-frills thrash metal.

Chico, California's Cold Blue Mountain blend sludge and stoner metal into thick, sun-baked dirges, layering languid heaviness with a psychedelic undercurrent that keeps the music expansive and hypnotic.

Oakland's Cold Grave weave black and melodic death metal into dark, riff-driven compositions that balance Scandinavian melody with American underground rawness and Bay Area intensity.

Out of Monterey, California, Cold Mourning pursues the slow-moving weight of doom metal with funereal patience, conjuring atmosphere more akin to coastal fog rolling in at dusk than anything born of sunshine.

Cold Readings brings black metal's nihilism to the sun-scorched sprawl of Bakersfield, California, an unlikely pairing that gives their raw, corrosive sound a dusty, disorienting edge.