From Clarion, Pennsylvania, Shadow of Corvus have spent a decade developing their take on melodic death metal — layering hooky, harmonized guitar work over the death metal foundation that gives their sound its backbone. Formed in 2015, they represent the quieter corners of Pennsylvania's extreme metal output.

Skeleton Proof Tanks is a melodic death/thrash metal band from Ridley, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, blending the melodic sensibility of the Gothenburg tradition with the raw kinetic energy of American thrash. Their name alone signals an irreverent streak that sits alongside otherwise earnest extreme metal aspirations.

Solamors is a progressive melodic death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013, building elaborate compositions that move through shifting dynamics and melodic sophistication while maintaining a foundation of genuine death metal intensity.

Spike the Tomb is a Pittsburgh melodic death metal band formed in 2012, weaving Gothenburg-influenced melodic leads and twin-guitar harmonies through a backbone of forceful American death metal.