Slytherin is a Los Angeles atmospheric black metal project formed in 2020, weaving dense, cold-blooded tremolo riffs and reverb-drenched ambiance into sweeping, darkly cinematic compositions.

Smoke Dweller is an atmospheric black metal and ambient project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2017, fusing raw black metal textures with expansive ambient passages to create deeply immersive and desolate soundscapes.

Spectral Tower is an atmospheric black/doom metal project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2014, crafting expansive, desolate soundscapes that merge glacially slow tempos with windswept black metal tremolo and melancholy atmosphere.

Sphere Eternal is a Salt Lake City atmospheric black metal band founded in 2016, crafting expansive, cold soundscapes that reflect the stark landscape of Utah's mountain west through tremolo-driven composition and ambient texture.

Stadium Eternus is a Portland, Oregon band formed in 2017 that began with traditional heavy metal before evolving toward atmospheric black metal and ambient soundscapes, blending vast, ethereal textures with black metal's raw intensity.

West Lafayette, Indiana atmospheric black metal project founded in 2021, Starlit Melancholy channels Midwestern isolation into wintry, shimmering tremolo-driven soundscapes.

Stellar Ascent is a US atmospheric black/doom metal project formed in 2018. The band combines the slow, crushing weight of doom with the cold, expansive atmospheres of black metal to create immersive, cosmically-themed soundscapes.

Atmospheric black metal band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2022, weaving sweeping, textured soundscapes within the black metal framework. Nashville's emerging extreme metal underground provides an unexpected but fitting backdrop for their expansive, nature-infused sound.

Succorbenoth is an atmospheric black/death metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2012, weaving cavernous death metal heaviness together with sweeping, dissonant black metal atmosphere across their Bandcamp catalog.

North Carolina project formed in 2020 that combines atmospheric black metal and doom with elements of grindcore, creating a jarring and unconventional blend of introspective bleakness and violent sonic bursts.

Chicago atmospheric black metal band formed in 2017, evoking wide, desolate soundscapes through a blend of raw black metal intensity and expansive post-metal ambience.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2021, Swartvoud crafts atmospheric black and doom metal with a cavernous, melancholic depth, blending slow-burning doom passages with frost-covered black metal atmospherics.

Atmospheric black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2017, crafting vast, celestial soundscapes that evoke cosmic desolation through layered tremolo guitars and sweeping ambient textures.

Atlanta's The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir are a 2025 arrival bringing a choral, atmospheric dimension to black metal — the name alone suggests scale and ceremony, a sound conceived for open spaces and gathering darkness rather than small rooms. They emerge from a city with an increasingly restless extreme metal underground, adding a layer of ritualistic ambition to an already fertile scene.

Seattle atmospheric black metal band formed in 2024, drawing on the region's deep roots in ambient and post-metal to craft expansive, texture-driven black metal that prioritizes atmosphere over pure aggression. One of the newer additions to a Pacific Northwest underground long hospitable to the atmospheric end of the black metal spectrum.