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Brooklyn, New York City, NY · 2015–present · active
Brooklyn black metal project B.C. (also known as Broken Circles) has been operating since 1996, making it one of New York City's longest-running black metal endeavors and a fixture of the city's underground scene.
Farmingdale, NY · 2023–present · active
Lynchburg, Virginia black metal project B.L.C. has been building a cult presence since 2013, operating as a solo or small-unit entity in the raw, underexposed tradition of the American black metal underground.
Atascadero, CA · 2025–present · active
Phoenix thrash outfit B.O.S. is a newly formed entry into Arizona's metal scene, emerging in 2025 with the stripped-down aggression that defines the thrash underground's continuing grassroots revival.
Buffalo, NY · 2025–present · active
Wilmington, North Carolina's Baag traffics in the slow-moving punishment of doom and sludge metal, a project that has been carving out a heavy, feedback-drenched presence in the Southeast underground since 2018.
Flint, MI · 2020–present · active
A prolific black metal entity out of Milwaukee, Baazlvaat has released a string of albums including Ridiculed by the Common Soldiery, An Old Forgotten Text, The Higher Power, and Guitar Exotic, demonstrating an unusual creative restlessness within the raw black metal framework.
Phoenix, AZ · 2020–present · active
Charlotte death metal band Babylonian War Chant has been one of the more enduring names in the North Carolina underground since forming around 2009, their ancient-world-themed moniker signaling a sound built on crushing, martial death metal.
· 2013–present · active
Albany death/grind act Bacha Bazi has been delivering blasting, short-form extremity since 2020, their provocative name confronting exploitation and power in the grindcore tradition of naming the thing you oppose.
Tulsa, OK · 2019–present · active
Burbank, California death metal and grindcore band that has been active since 2008, contributing to the Los Angeles area's long history of extreme underground metal.
Springfield, OR · 2021–present · active
Springfield, Oregon black metal solo project formed in 2021, channeling raw atmospheric black metal through a deeply personal and introspective lens.
· 2023–present · active
Black metal project formed in 2023, releasing raw underground material through Bandcamp with a sound consistent with stripped-down, lo-fi black metal aesthetics.
Dallas, TX · 1998–present · active
Punishing Death Metal out of Texas.
Dallas, TX · 1997–present · active
One of Dallas's longest-running black metal acts, Bael Occultus has pursued a raw and warlike sound rooted in pagan and martial themes since 1997.
Huntington Beach, CA · 2025–present · active
Huntington Beach black metal project active since 2016, crafting cold and atmospheric material on California's Orange County underground circuit.
Houston, TX · 2001–present · active
Formed by ex-Imprecation vocalist Grimlord. Beherit, Absu, and Gorgoroth in a dusty southern bar brawl. Split up in 2014 after thirteen years of filth.
Los Angeles, CA · 2019–present · active
Los Angeles black metal band formed in 2019, carving out a raw and underground presence in the Southern California extreme metal scene.

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