Tampa, Florida three-piece born in 2017 where the city's storied death metal legacy bleeds into a harder-edged cocktail of black metal, heavy metal, and speed metal. They carry the torch of the Florida underground while leaning into the reckless energy of early speed and heavy metal.

Tampa's Mordecai have been carrying the torch for aggressive thrash metal since 2016, drawing naturally from the city's legendary extreme metal history to craft music that hits hard and moves fast. Their home in the thrash genre feels apt given Tampa's role as one of America's most storied metal incubators.

Port St. Lucie, Florida progressive death metal and deathcore band Mortal Judgment, formed in 2023, push the boundaries of both genres with technically ambitious arrangements and the kind of crushing breakdowns deathcore demands. Florida's deep extreme metal heritage provides both a high bar and a fertile tradition for a young band with serious technical ambitions.

Mortal Nihilism is a Florida-based black metal act formed in 2021, channeling a cold and misanthropic worldview through raw, unadorned black metal aggression.

River City, Florida's Mortar play heavy metal with a punk-informed edge, a 2024 act whose raw, no-nonsense approach connects the aggression of punk with the riff-driven simplicity of traditional heavy metal.

Winter Haven, Florida's MountainOvDawn have been delivering fuzz-heavy stoner metal from the Florida interior since 2015, bringing the region's oppressive heat and flatland weirdness to a sound more commonly associated with desert landscapes. They are a distinctive voice in a Florida heavy music scene dominated by death metal and grindcore.

A Florida-based heavy metal act, this iteration of Mournblade pursues a melodic, traditional approach to the genre, drawing on the dramatic songwriting sensibilities of classic melodic heavy metal.

A Florida heavy metal and hard rock act active since 2004, Mr. Hyde draw on the dual-natured character their name evokes — delivering material that shifts between accessible hard rock hooks and heavier, more aggressive metallic edges.

Palm Bay, Florida's Murdok have been grinding it out since 1994, making them one of the more tenacious heavy metal acts in the state — three decades of survival in a scene that chews through bands constantly. Straight-ahead heavy metal with the longevity to back it up.