Oneonta, New York's Deiphage formed in 2023 in the black/death metal tradition — a pairing that fuses the iciness and atmosphere of black metal with death metal's penchant for brutality and technical violence. The band's name suggests something that devours gods, and their sound operates accordingly: relentless, uncompromising, and built for total annihilation.

Sacramento's Deiphage emerged in 2023 channeling the rawest currents of black/death metal — a collision of blasphemous tremolo assaults and sepulchral death metal brutality. Their approach favors filth and atmosphere over technicality, finding its footing in the tradition of war metal's most uncompromising practitioners.

Out of Elgin, Illinois, Deities of Darkness have been honing a raw, unadorned black metal attack since 2010. Operating from the frost of the Midwest rather than Scandinavian forests, the band trades in cold, stripped-down riffs and shrieked venom rooted firmly in second-wave orthodoxy.

California's Dekrepit surfaced in 2024 as a raw black metal project operating under the noise-heavy Bandcamp handle noizedekrepit. Still early in their existence, the band builds on lo-fi black metal aesthetics that prioritize atmosphere and grime over polished presentation.

San Francisco's Deliria have been crafting atmospheric post-black metal since 2017, pushing beyond raw black metal orthodoxy into vast, dissonant soundscapes. Their music absorbs the fog and introspective weight of the Bay Area, fusing black metal's ferocity with the expansive textures of the post-metal and shoegaze traditions.

Born in 2025 somewhere in Southern California, Delirium Shroud weaponize black/thrash metal's most lethal qualities — venomous riffing, feral tempos, and a production aesthetic that sounds like it was recorded in the ruins of something. Their very recent emergence suggests a project still finding its shape, but the black/thrash blueprint is a proven vehicle for pure spite.

Bristol, Pennsylvania's Deluge have been a fixture of the area's death metal underground since 2014. Their approach is direct and unrelenting — the name says it all — delivering surging, crushing death metal that overwhelms through sheer accumulated weight.

Asheville's Demasculator emerged in 2021 fusing black metal's cold malevolence with the d-beat fury of crust punk — a combination that suits the NC mountains' outsider ethos well. Raw, ugly, and deliberately stripped-down, their sound plants a filthy boot at the intersection of Darkthrone and Discharge.

Las Vegas's Demesic have been navigating the bleak crossroads of black and death metal since 2009, pulling from both traditions to create something that feels appropriately suited to a city of extremes. The desert heat and neon despair of their surroundings seem to bleed into the atmospherics of their blackened death assault.