Williamson black metal project from the West Virginia underground.

Kansas City, Missouri black metal project active since 2017. Their releases Remembrance and Homesick inject unusual emotional vulnerability into black metal, the spring-rain name suggesting a softer atmospheric approach that contrasts with the genre's typical harshness.

Milwaukee death metal project. The three-letter name — evoking altars, constellations, and simplicity — frames their contribution to Wisconsin's heavy underground with elegant brevity.

Orlando, Florida black metal project whose 2023 EP Vow of Dominion channels occult fury from Central Florida's theme park corridor. The Latin-inflected name promises subversion of sacred altars.

Laguna Beach, California black metal project whose 2016 EP The Lucifer Effect — referencing Philip Zimbardo's study of human evil — channels psychological horror through black metal from one of Southern California's most affluent coastal towns.

Memphis, Tennessee death/doom project named after Tolkien's ranger king.

Black metal project of undisclosed origin with four releases since 2020, including splits and EPs. Betrayed by Devotion and subsequent releases build a catalog of raw black metal with no geographic anchor — pure sound untethered from place.

Pennsylvania black metal project.

Green Bay/Milwaukee black metal project whose albums The Plutonian Shore and Echoes Over Oceans pair Edgar Allan Poe's cosmic imagery with atmospheric black metal since 2012. Wisconsin winter channeled through literary darkness.