Minneapolis black metal project whose 2024 single The Streets Are Callin' Me brings an unusual urban directness to a genre typically associated with forests and mountains. Street-level black metal from the Twin Cities.

Lexington, Kentucky black metal act drawing from the Bluegrass State's changing seasons, wrapping seasonal themes in atmospheric darkness with a distinctly Southern flavor.

Milwaukee black metal project adding to Wisconsin's growing extreme metal underground, channeling the city's industrial heritage into atmospheric darkness.

Portland black metal act whose Norwegian name means 'of sorrow,' channeling Scandinavian influence through the Pacific Northwest's fertile atmospheric black metal scene.

Gassaway, West Virginia black metal project emerging from deep Appalachia, channeling the Mountain State's isolation and rugged terrain into raw atmospheric extremity.

Bloomington, Indiana black metal act from the college town's underground, blending academic community with extreme metal's darkest impulses in the Hoosier State.

Decatur, Illinois thrash metal project with six releases since 2012. Black Waltz and Feathers & Flesh deliver theatrical, riff-driven metal from central Illinois, building a substantial catalog from the heartland.

Black Hills, South Dakota black metal project with eight releases since 2023. The Latin name — 'Hail Lord of the Night' — and their location near Mount Rushmore create a striking juxtaposition of American nationalism and occult devotion through prolific atmospheric black metal.

Midwest black metal project operating from an undisclosed heartland location, channeling the region's vast emptiness into atmospheric extremity.

Salinas, California black metal project whose 2016 debut The Burning Chariots in the Skies channels biblical warfare imagery through atmospheric extremity from the agricultural heartland of the Central Coast.

Black metal project of unknown origin whose 2023 EP Poetry of Leathered Wings channels bat-winged imagery through atmospheric extremity. Named after the gate referenced in their namesake's mythology — the entrance to Hell.

Black metal project that relocated from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, carrying West Coast atmospheric influence into East Coast extremity across two of America's major metal scenes.

Austin black metal. Intellectual, esoteric, and crushingly heavy.