Madison, Wisconsin's Eldarion has channeled epic and atmospheric black metal since 2022, their name drawn from Tolkien's legendarium. Grand, sweeping riffs and a reverent, ancient atmosphere define their approach to the genre.

Portland's Empyrean Fire entwine symphonic lushness with atmospheric black metal's vastness, building immersive soundscapes that mirror the Pacific Northwest's fog-heavy grandeur.

A solo atmospheric black metal project drifting between the frozen flatlands of Minnesota and the mountains of Bozeman, Eneferens weaves long, meditative compositions that evoke desolate winter landscapes. Since 2016, the project has built a reputation for immersive, sorrowful blackened journeys.

Named for the Sumerian king of Uruk, New York's Enmerkar weaves atmospheric black metal into vast, myth-laden soundscapes — cold tremolo passages and ambient textures evoking ancient and forgotten civilizations.

Buffalo's harsh winters seem to seep directly into Enthauptung's atmospheric black metal — frigid, bleak, and expansive in equal measure, the project wraps raw black metal fury in layers of cold ambience that feel distinctly like a Lake Erie storm. Active since 2014.

Salt Lake City atmospheric black metal project named for the Shadowy Mountains of Tolkien's First Age, Ered Wethrin conjures vast, wind-swept epics from Utah's high desert that feel genuinely ancient and mythic.

Denver's Erraunt treats atmospheric black metal as a canvas for genuine experimentation, layering texture and dissonance over the genre's foundational frostbitten sound in ways that push toward something stranger and harder to classify. Since 2015, the project has operated at the edges of what the genre's atmosphere can contain.

Lafayette, Louisiana's Eternal Father wrap atmospheric black metal in the humid spiritual weight of the Deep South, a haunting combination that sets them apart from their coastal peers. Since 2011 they have been building a landscape of sky-wide, cathartic heaviness.

Denver's high-altitude desolation seeps into every note Eternal Obsession plays — their atmospheric black metal trades in vast, windswept textures and suffocating cold since 2018.