Orlando's Bodybox burst onto the extreme metal scene in 2021 with a savage blend of brutal death metal, grindcore, and hardcore that hits like a sledgehammer to the chest. Frontman Harrison Brown leads the assault through guttural vocals over relentless blast beats and downtuned savagery. Their debut album '3' cemented their reputation as one of Florida's most unhinged new heavy acts, carrying on the state's proud tradition of death metal brutality.

I Am Morbid is the vehicle through which former Morbid Angel frontman David Vincent keeps the classic era of that legendary death metal band alive on stage. Performing material from Morbid Angel's first four albums — 'Altars of Madness' through 'Domination' — Vincent and his band deliver these foundational death metal anthems with the authority of someone who wrote them.

Nocturnus was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by drummer and vocalist Mike Browning, a former member of Morbid Angel, and built a sound around science fiction themes and prominent keyboard use at a time when such elements were virtually absent from extreme metal. Their 1990 debut The Key, recorded at Morrisound and released on Earache, is widely credited as one of the first progressive death metal albums and remains a landmark in the genre's development. The band dissolved after internal conflicts and Browning later revived the project as Nocturnus AD, releasing a long-awaited sequel to The Key's narrative in 2019.

Tampa, Florida's Obituary are one of death metal's most foundational bands, having helped establish the genre's identity with their 1989 debut 'Slowly We Rot' and its landmark follow-up 'Cause of Death.' John Tardy's distinctive, guttural vocal style and Trevor Peres's downtuned, Celtic Frost-influenced riffs created a template for the entire Florida death metal scene. Over 35 years and eleven studio albums later, Obituary remain one of death metal's most consistent and revered acts, never once wavering from their crushing, doom-inflected approach.