Tampa melodic death and metalcore band drawing from Florida's storied death metal legacy while incorporating melodic hooks and metalcore dynamics into their ferocious sound.

Miami Beach's Darkarma fuses melodic death metal's sweep and technicality with metalcore's rhythmic punch, producing a sound that fits the city's chaotic energy and international influences since 2017.

Orlando's Darkness by Design bridge the gap between melodic death metal's melodic sophistication and metalcore's rhythmic aggression, drawing on both traditions without sacrificing the emotional weight either carries. Formed in 2015, they represent the kind of thoughtful genre fusion Florida's diverse metal scene regularly produces.

Orlando's Dead Nervous System have been carving out melodic death metal with surgical precision since 1994, blending crushing riff work with moments of haunting melody. Few Florida acts in their lane have lasted as long or stayed as sharp.

Sarasota's Death Requisite have been perfecting melodic death metal in the Florida heat since 2011 — combining Scandinavian melody with the Sunshine State's inherent brutality into something with real staying power. Equal parts carnage and craft.

Tampa's Deathtruck arrived in 2018 hauling a payload of melodic death, groove, and metalcore influences that reflects the eclecticism of Florida's fertile metal scene. A heavy hybrid with a Florida death metal pedigree underwriting every breakdown.

Orlando thrash metal project from the Florida underground.

Lakeland's Empty pursue melodic death metal with clean Floridian ferocity, threading grief-soaked harmonies through tight, technically precise riffing since 2020.

Tampa melodic death/groove metal act formed in 2022 in one of America's most storied metal cities, blending the hooky melodic leads of Gothenburg-style death metal with the thick mid-tempo groove that the Florida scene has always done well.