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Maple Grove, MN · 2025–present · active
Maple Grove, Minnesota's My Lost Innocence work the depressive black metal vein since 2025, trading in raw, desolate atmospheres and the cold emotional weight that defines the DSBM tradition.
Myrtle Beach, SC · 2016–present · active
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's My Purest Heart for You have cultivated a post-black and atmospheric black metal sound since 2016, using layered guitar textures and emotional expanse to contrast sharply with the coastal resort town surrounding them.
Sacramento, CA · 2017–present · active
A depressive black metal project out of Sacramento, California, My Useless Life traffics in the suffocating misery and lo-fi aesthetics that define the DSBM underground, delivering bleak, introspective compositions that lean heavily on raw atmosphere over technical polish.
Minneapolis, MN · 2023–present · active
Minneapolis black metal act Mycorrhizae, formed in 2023, draws its conceptual and sonic identity from subterranean natural systems, crafting icy, dense atmospheres that suggest both the sprawling Midwestern cold and something deeply buried beneath it.
Williamson, WV · 2025–present · active
A 2025 arrival from Williamson, West Virginia, Mykrydia works in the intersection of depressive and post-black metal, layering bleak Appalachian darkness over atmospheric black metal frameworks that stretch and breathe with post-rock-influenced dynamics.
San Diego, CA · 2023–present · active
San Diego's Myoldlovelost blends post-black metal's shimmering atmosphere with ambient undercurrents and a nostalgic emotional weight, creating soundscapes that feel as much like grief processed through texture as they do conventional black metal.
WA · 2011–present · active
Washington State's Myopic defies easy categorization by drawing equally from sludge, black, death, and doom metal, blending these traditions into a dense, multi-layered extremity that has evolved steadily since the band's formation in 2011.
Luna Lake, AZ · 2017–present · active
Emerging from the remote environs of Luna Lake, Arizona in 2017, Myotis Occultus practices raw black metal with the isolation and esotericism that the name implies, stripping production to bare minimum in service of pure, malevolent atmosphere.
Dallas, TX · 2017–present · active
Dallas black metal act Myraak, formed in 2017, channels the cold and the sinister through a Texas lens, contributing to the Lone Star State's growing underground black metal presence with grimly focused compositions.

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