Catalysis channels the Tampa thrash tradition with aggressive, tightly wound riffing and barked vocals that recall the late-80s Bay Area and Florida crossover scenes. Their approach is direct and punishing, favoring speed and groove over technical showboating.

Florida mathcore and deathgrind trio blending the arhythmic dissonance of Discordance Axis with brutal deathgrind energy and free jazz-influenced off-kilter structures.

Miami duo of Venezuelan origin playing epic, shifting doom and progressive metal that moves between trudging heaviness and soaring melodic passages, with deep operatic vocals and classical guitar grandeur reminiscent of Rainbow and early Rush.

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.

Cellgraft is a grindcore band from Tampa, Florida, known for tight, blastbeat-driven ferocity and biting socially charged lyrics, operating in the precise and unrelenting tradition of American technical grindcore.

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.

South Florida's Chained Saint are a teenage thrash metal revelation, channeling the analog grit and fury of Megadeth and Slayer while addressing the frustrations of modern American youth. Their William DuVall-produced debut 'Blindside' caught the attention of Rob Halford himself, and the band has already appeared at Welcome to Rockville and Louder Than Life while still barely out of high school.