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Of Arcane Magic & Forbidden Knowledge: The Necromantical Passage (2026)
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Baton Rouge black/death metal band active since the mid-1990s, blending occult Satanic themes with a ferocious mixture of blasting death metal and corrosive black metal, remaining fiercely independent throughout.
An Arkansas progressive metal project from Siloam Springs blending black metal atmosphere with prog-metal song structures and technical musicianship.
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Bradenton, Florida power/thrash metal band delivering aggressive, high-energy metal drawing from classic power metal melody and speed metal intensity.
Evansville, Indiana blackened death metal band steeped in horror and occult themes, drawing influence from early Possessed, Bathory, and old Morbid Angel.
Minneapolis atmospheric black metal band weaving cold, expansive soundscapes from the city's frigid environment, blending raw black metal intensity with immersive, textured ambience.
New England two-piece black metal act paying homage to frozen, raw second-wave black metal of the 1990s, with a stripped-down atmospheric approach rooted in Nordic tradition.
Phoenix black/death/sludge project combining sludge-drenched atmosphere with raw black metal aggression, firmly situated in the underground extreme metal tradition.
Fort Wayne's CaveGhoul traffic in raw, dungeon-dwelling black metal that leans into lo-fi production and grim, claustrophobic atmosphere, more interested in conjuring dread than technical precision.
Miami's Caveman Cult play savage, bestial black/death metal combining South American war metal ferocity with Florida death metal density — relentless blastbeats, chainsaw-thick tremolo riffs, and zero regard for melody.
Fort Wayne's Caver pursue a cold, atmospheric strain of black metal built on icy tremolo picking and vast, cavernous production, favoring a solitary, introspective tone.
Rock Springs, Wyoming's Cavernlord operate in the raw space between black metal and doom, crafting cold, isolated music that reflects the barren, unforgiving landscape of the high desert.
Shasta, California's Caverns practice raw, lo-fi black metal leaning heavily into the primitive, underground aesthetic with sparse, tape-hiss-drenched recordings and bleak melodic sensibility.
Little Rock's Cavort Usurp mix black metal's raw intensity with hardcore's direct aggression and thrash metal's riff-forward energy, creating a crossover-adjacent sound that feels combative and street-level.
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