Philadelphia's Hivelords collapse the boundaries between black metal, doom, and sludge into a dense, oppressive mass that borrows from each tradition without fully belonging to any of them. Since 2011 they've occupied a particularly unpleasant corner of the extreme metal underground, and they seem comfortable there.

Richmond, Virginia's Hoboknife weld black metal's nocturnal hostility to thrash's speed and aggression, cutting through the mid-ground with serrated efficiency. Active since 2013, they belong to a Richmond scene with a long tradition of making extreme metal feel physically threatening.

Ferocious blackened death horde active 2007-2025. Debuted with 'Serpent' on Ibex Moon Records. Known for intense, bulletbelt-and-PBR-fueled live shows.

Born in Los Angeles in 2020, Hohlgeist fuses raw black metal with shoegaze, wrapping tremolo-drenched noise in hazy, atmospheric drift. The result is something hollow and haunted, as if the void itself has a texture.

Apopka, Florida's Hollentor deal in the epic and the anthemic, blending heavy metal muscle with power metal's soaring sensibility since 2017. Their name — German for "gateway to hell" — hints at the grandiose drama they pursue.

A California black metal project active since 2021, Hollow Husk traffics in desolation and stripped-down hostility. What remains after the flesh is gone — hollow, cold, and unrelenting.

Venomous Avant-garde Black Metal, Grindcore from Dallas.

Savage Black Metal from Austin, Texas / New Orleans, Louisiana.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's Horde of the Eclipse have been forging melodic black metal since 2010, threading cold riffing and atmospheric darkness into compositions that feel celestial and menacing in equal measure.