Los Angeles post-black metal and shoegaze act Morari have been crafting dense, layered compositions since 2017, blending black metal's tremolo intensity with the hazy, introspective textures of shoegaze in the Southern California sprawl.

Provo, Utah's Moray have been active since 2008, navigating a hybrid space between post-black metal's atmospheric sweep and thrash metal's aggressive momentum — an unusual pairing that suits the drama of Utah's landscapes.

A North Carolina black metal project formed in 2016, Morbe operate in the underground tradition of the genre — raw, uncompromising, and largely apart from the mainstream, consistent with the isolation often inherent in black metal's ethos.

Dallas black metal act Morbid Anal Fog have been operating on the provocative fringes of the underground since 2010, trafficking in the genre's most confrontational impulses with a name that announces their commitment to transgression upfront.

Boston's Morbid Blood take the blackened thrash template — vicious riffing, raw production, first-wave black metal aesthetics slammed into thrash's speed — and have been honing that caustic sound since their 2013 formation.

Washington state black metal act formed in 2016, channeling raw aggression through a grim, uncompromising approach to the genre. Their Bandcamp output reflects an underground sensibility rooted in the Pacific Northwest's isolated atmosphere.

New Brunswick, New Jersey outfit that launched in 2023 fusing the bestial savagery of black metal with the riff-forward brutality of death metal. A young project in the blackened death tradition that pulls from the ugliest corners of both genres.

San Diego black/thrash metal band active since 2014, blending the venomous attack of first-wave black metal with the driving velocity of thrash. Their sound draws on the sun-scorched ferocity that San Diego's underground scene has quietly cultivated.

Tampa, Florida three-piece born in 2017 where the city's storied death metal legacy bleeds into a harder-edged cocktail of black metal, heavy metal, and speed metal. They carry the torch of the Florida underground while leaning into the reckless energy of early speed and heavy metal.