Lakeland, FL's Castaway draw on both straightforward death metal and its melodic Scandinavian derivatives, building songs around tightly wound riff progressions and moments of atmospheric lead work.

Miami's Caveman Cult play savage, bestial black/death metal combining South American war metal ferocity with Florida death metal density — relentless blastbeats, chainsaw-thick tremolo riffs, and zero regard for melody.

Tampa's Cemetery emerged from the same Florida death metal tradition that built the genre's founding mythology — thick, swampy riffs, cavernous production, and a death-is-everywhere aesthetic.

Cemetery Shade is a death metal band from Broward County, Florida, emerging from the same South Florida scene that spawned the genre's founding acts, with a mid-paced, thick-riffed sound rooted in the Floridian tradition of early Obituary and Death.

Lakeland, Florida death metal band playing in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied brutal death metal underground.

Chaos Relic is a death metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, drawing on the classic Florida death metal tradition with a lineup featuring current and former members of Yashira, Rhythm of Fear, and Graveview. The band released their self-titled debut in 2024.

Florida's Charnel Grounds pursue technical death metal with surgical precision, wielding complex arrangements and intricate fretwork in the tradition of the Sunshine State's storied extreme metal scene. Their compositions reward close listening with layers of dense, disciplined brutality.

South Florida's Charred serves up a punishing blend of death and thrash metal with the sun-scorched brutality typical of the state's extreme metal underground. Their riffs hit with a blunt, relentless force that prioritizes savagery over subtlety.

DeLand, Florida's Chief Wiggum pairs melodic death metal's harmonic sweep with the brutal foundation of straight death metal, operating under a name that belies a genuinely serious musical approach. The band is rooted in Florida's storied extreme metal tradition.