Florida black metal project. The name captures the genre's essential despair — crying out into a void that offers no comfort.

Tampa/Tucson black metal and death metal project spanning Florida and Arizona. The name evokes solstice rituals in two of America's hottest cities — seeking cold in the desert and the tropics.

A Portrait of Flesh and Blood is a symphonic and depressive black metal project from Los Angeles, California. Their 2015 full-length "The Pale Enchantress" weaves orchestral grandeur with raw black metal despair across seven tracks of atmospheric extremity.

A Sow of Violence is a symphonic and atmospheric black metal project from New England. Since their 2022 debut EP "Chaos Breeds Beauty," the project has expanded rapidly, releasing a second EP and the full-length "Abyssal" in 2025, layering orchestral textures over ferocious black metal foundations.

Tucson, Arizona black metal project channeling Carpathian vampire mythology through desert heat. Romanian horror reimagined in the American Southwest.

A.I.D.S. is a black metal band originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana and later based in Casper, Wyoming. Active since 2004, the band has released three full-lengths and a demo spanning nearly two decades of raw, uncompromising black metal, from early lo-fi provocations to the more refined assault of 2022's "MALEFICUS SABBATUM."

A.TAXET.A is a black metal and ambient project from Ketchikan, Alaska. Drawing from the isolation of America's northernmost reaches, the project released both an EP and a full-length in 2020, blending frigid black metal with atmospheric ambient passages.

Abamath is a black metal act from the rural wilds of Forestville, Wisconsin. Between 2019 and 2021, the band released two splits and their debut full-length "Transcendental Winter," channeling the cold, misanthropic spirit of the genre from deep in the American Midwest.

Detroit groove metal and NWOTHM project. The name resonates differently in a city that knows something about being left behind.