A Florida brutal deathcore act formed in 2022, Skin Stripper pushes the extremity dial toward the red — combining the suffocating low-end of slam-inflected brutality with deathcore's penchant for breakdown-driven punishment.

Slamologist are a Bradenton, Florida deathcore band formed in 2019, applying a scientific dedication to the genre's most brutalizing elements — breakdowns, gutturals, and dissonant riffing delivered with systematic precision. Florida's long history of death metal extremity provides the backdrop for their sound.

A Florida death/thrash band formed in 2024, Slaughterspine arrive at a moment when the death-thrash hybrid is experiencing a genuine underground resurgence, and their home state's storied history in both genres gives them a formidable tradition to draw from.

Central Florida death metal band from Longwood, active since 2018, delivering straightforward brutality rooted in the state's storied extreme metal tradition. Slavestate keep their sound stripped to the essentials — heaviness, aggression, and relentless low-end punishment.

Sons of Ragnar are an Orlando, Florida melodic death metal band formed in 2013, combining the Scandinavian-influenced twin-guitar harmonies and aggressive tempos of the genre with a distinctly American heaviness.

Sorcerer are a Tampa, Florida death/thrash metal band formed in 2011, emerging from the city's storied extreme metal tradition with a sound that combines the aggression of thrash with the brutality of death metal.

Soul Gatherer is a brutal death metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2023, delivering high-intensity, technically driven brutality in a city with a long-standing tradition of extreme metal.

Soulareon is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2023. Their home city's legendary status in the death metal genre provides an inescapable backdrop for their entry into the brutally competitive Tampa scene.

Soulmass is a Florida death-doom band formed in 2013, weaving the morbid atmosphere of doom metal into a death metal framework. Their sound pulls from the slow, crushing traditions of both genres, reflecting Florida's deep history in extreme music.