Manchester, New Hampshire's Hellcunt offer exactly what the name promises: confrontational, abrasive black metal with zero interest in softening the blow. Since 2019 they have operated with the kind of prickly extremity that keeps the curious at arm's length and rewards those who press closer.

Philadelphia's Hellegryre plant blackened death metal in the fertile underground soil of one of America's oldest cities, drawing on the Eastern Seaboard's long legacy of extreme music. Since 2020, their sound has pushed toward the violent convergence of both traditions.

Rooted in the forests and rolling hills of central Virginia, Hellfarer weave folk instrumentation and pagan atmosphere into black metal's cold fire since 2016. The result feels genuinely Appalachian — haunted, earthy, and proud of its distance from the mainstream.

San Diego's HellFynder fuses the reckless velocity of black/thrash metal into an unrelenting attack since 2020, taking equal inspiration from the second wave and the first-wave speed merchants. They are lean, aggressive, and direct — genre devotees with fangs intact.

Atlanta's Hellgoat stand as one of the American black metal underground's more enduring presences, delivering uncompromising darkness since 2016 with a deliberately primitive and warlike approach. No concessions, no polish — just the void made loud.

Short-lived black/thrash n roll in the vein of Destroyer 666, Midnight, and Bathory. Active 2014-2016.

Brooklyn's Hellreign bring a cold, unforgiving black metal aesthetic to New York City, forging bleak tremolo walls and icy atmosphere since 2017. Their urban environment gives the darkness a peculiar, concrete-and-shadow texture.

Augusta, Maine's Hellstorm have cultivated a death metal attack since 2010 that draws on the bleakness of New England winters — relentless, punishing, and completely indifferent to comfort. They are one of the more isolated and underrated voices in the northeastern underground.

Portland's Hellthorne emerged in 2019 with a black metal sound rooted in atmosphere and malevolence, weaving cold riffs and spectral menace into something that feels distinctly like the Pacific Northwest in winter. Desolate and deliberate.