Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Myrdød — whose name invokes death in a Nordic register — fuses black and death metal into a relentless, caustic hybrid that has pushed forward since 2020 with the kind of uncompromising darkness the name suggests.

A New York-based project founded in 2014, Myrkur weaves atmospheric black metal with folk and post-metal textures, layering ethereal vocals over icy tremolo riffs and acoustic passages to create a sound that is both harrowing and hauntingly beautiful.

A Georgia black metal act founded in 2014, this incarnation of Myrkur pursues a rawer, more stripped-down approach to the genre, favoring cold, unadorned riffing and a grim aesthetic over the folk and atmospheric flourishes of its New York namesake.

A newly formed black metal outfit from Lampe, Missouri, Myrkweb emerged in 2025 with the murky, isolated aesthetic that the Ozarks backwoods tend to inspire — raw production and misanthropic conviction at the core of their sound.

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Myrkwisaidaz formed in 2022 and practice a brand of black metal that draws on Germanic tribal imagery, channeling archaic hostility through buzzing riffs and ritualistic intensity.

Frigid Black Metal from San Antonio.

Niles, Michigan's Mysophilia take the blackened thrash approach: vicious riffing informed by the second wave's rawness combined with the velocity and aggression of old-school thrash, producing a scrappy, venomous sound since their 2012 formation.

Ripping Melodic Black / Death Metal from Houston.

Operating out of Laredo since 2013, Mysteria Inframundi deal in black metal steeped in occult and underworld imagery, pushing a dark and ritualistic atmosphere informed by the borderland geography and isolation of their South Texas surroundings.

Charlotte, North Carolina's Mysteriarch have been practicing symphonic black metal since 2004, combining blizzard-fast tremolo riffing and shrieked vocals with elaborate orchestral arrangements that push the grandiose, cathedral-scale ambition of the symphonic subgenre.

Cleveland's Mystic Underworld formed in 2020 and blend black metal with ambient elements, pairing harsh, atmospheric black metal passages with spacious, drone-informed interludes that give their sound a meditative, underworld-descending quality.

Operating out of Battle Ground, Washington since 2006, Mysticism Black have spent nearly two decades cultivating a dense, Pacific Northwest strain of black metal — cold, fog-heavy, and rooted in the isolated forests and overcast skies of the region.

A New York black metal project active since 2020, Mystiker work within the raw, underground black metal tradition — bleak, stripped of pretension, and committed to the grimly ascetic aesthetic that defines the more orthodox end of the American scene.

Boston's Mythos operate in the raw black metal underground, stripping the genre to its most primitive and abrasive core since forming in 2020. The band embraces lo-fi production and ferocious minimalism as intentional aesthetics rather than limitations.

San Diego black metal project Mythraeum has pursued a cold, uncompromising path through the genre since forming in 2020. Drawing on the raw and atmospheric currents of black metal, the project evokes a ritualistic intensity suited to its Southern California origins.