Los Angeles black/doom project debuting in 2025 with The Implications of Ascendancy. The EP blends black metal tremolo with doom metal's crushing pace, suggesting a band equally versed in both genres' darkest traditions.

Providence, Rhode Island black metal outfit with five releases since 2019. A prolific purveyor of frigid extremity from New England, their catalog — from The Descent Abysmal to Follow the Echo of Curses — traces an arc of increasing ambition within raw black metal's constraints.

Kingsport black metal project from the Tennessee underground.

Black metal project that migrated from Fort Lauderdale to Portland to Finland.

West Virginia black metal project.

Salt Lake City death metal project with an enormous eleven-release discography since 2012. Named after a demon from the Ars Goetia, their catalog sprawls across singles, compilations, and full-lengths that probe the boundaries of extreme music from the unlikely backdrop of Mormon country.

Chicago black metal project from the Illinois underground.

Charlotte black metal project from the North Carolina underground.

Montana / Bancroft black metal project from the Michigan underground.

McNabb, Illinois black metal project named after the feeling of nostalgia for a time you never experienced. Their two albums — memories you never had and autumn rains — deliver atmospheric, melancholic black metal from rural Illinois, the lowercase titles reflecting a deliberately understated aesthetic.

Oklahoma black metal project shrouded in deliberate obscurity. Minimal information and a single untitled release — black metal reduced to its most essential and enigmatic form.

Newtown black metal project from the Connecticut underground.

Gastonia black metal project from the North Carolina underground.

New Jersey black/death metal outfit who dropped two EPs in 2020 — Hate Fueled Death Ritual and The Unholy Division. The name is a mission statement: angelic imagery torn apart by extreme metal ferocity.

Bakersfield, California Tolkien-obsessed black metal project crafting epic narratives from the Silmarillion since 2019. Named after one of the cursed swords of Middle-earth, their albums trace specific tales — Tuor's journey to Gondolin, the sea-longing of the Elves — through atmospheric black metal that takes its literary source material with scholarly seriousness.