Milwaukee black metal project active since 2000 with a prolific catalog that ranges across raw, atmospheric, and folk-inflected territory — a relentless one-man operation that has accumulated dozens of releases over its long run in the American underground.

Indianapolis doom/death/black metal band formed in 2017, blending the sepulchral weight of funeral doom with blackened dissonance and death metal's low-end aggression. Their multi-genre fusion reflects an Indianapolis underground scene willing to blur stylistic boundaries.

Washington State progressive black/death metal act formed in 2017, weaving complex song structures and shifting dynamics through a foundation of blackened aggression and death metal intensity. The progressive element gives their compositions an unpredictable, sprawling character.

Bloomington, Indiana atmospheric black/doom metal band formed in 2013, drawing on the desolate naturalism of the Midwest to build slow-moving, expansive compositions that balance glacial doom passages with black metal's windswept atmospheric sweep.

Greenville, South Carolina blackened death metal act formed in 2021, merging the blasting intensity of death metal with the cold tremolo sensibility of black metal. A young act from the South Carolina underground pursuing an aggressive, fused extreme metal sound.

Massachusetts melodic black metal project formed in 2023 — the name drawn from the Buddhist concept of emptiness — weaving melody and atmosphere through a black metal framework. Their Bandcamp name, Shūnyatā Black Lion, signals both a philosophical underpinning and a fierce sonic identity.

Washington State black/death metal project active since 2016, fusing the corrosive rawness of black metal with death metal's heaviness into a bleak and uncompromising sound.

St. Louis industrial black metal act formed in 2019, fusing mechanized, electronic textures with black metal's corrosive atmosphere into a cold, confrontational hybrid.

Kansas City raw black metal and punk hybrid born in 2023, stripping the genre down to its most abrasive and primitive elements with the kind of volatile energy that owes as much to hardcore as to black metal.