A Washington state melodic black metal project formed in 2020, Muerteblanca blends icy atmosphere with melodic sensibility, drawing on the Scandinavian second-wave tradition while carving out its own cold, introspective voice.

Las Vegas black/death metal act with roots stretching back to 2007, Muggle Death Camp brings a caustic, no-frills extremity to the desert city's metal underground, blending raw black metal savagery with death metal's structural brutality.

Blackened death metal released through Redefining Darkness Records. Debut EP 'Misery of One' dropped in 2022.

Grand Rapids black metal project Munin draws on Norse mythology — its name taken from one of Odin's ravens — to anchor an atmospheric, ambient-inflected sound that has grown steadily since the band's formation in 2016.

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Portland, Oregon's Murderess have been fusing black metal's cold atmosphere with crust punk's raw, anarchic energy since 2009, building a sound that's as politically charged as it is sonically corrosive. One of the longer-running acts in Portland's vibrant extreme underground, they've stayed true to the abrasive intersection of those two worlds.

Baywood-Los Osos is a foggy coastal community on California's central coast, and Murk Rider's black metal reflects that remote, mist-shrouded geography — cold, isolationist, and atmospheric without falling into post-black sentimentality. Active since 2019, this solo or small-ensemble project captures the bleakness of the Pacific coastline.

East Hampton, Connecticut's Murked arrived in 2023 with an atmospheric black metal approach that draws on New England's grey skies and dense forests for its oppressive, enveloping sound. The project inhabits the more expansive, textural wing of black metal, favoring mood over pure aggression.

Little Rock, Arkansas black metal act Murkryth have been conjuring cold, misanthropic atmospheres since 2019, operating in the raw, orthodox end of the genre with minimal concern for accessibility. Arkansas black metal is a small but stubbornly surviving scene, and Murkryth are one of its more committed participants.