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All Night Long (2025)
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Bury The No One (2015)
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Our Mother Electricity (2012)
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Cincinnati, Ohio blackened death metal band formed in 2019, fusing the ferocity of death metal with the icy atmospheric textures of black metal.
Raw black metal and punk hybrid project formed in 2023, channeling the abrasive, lo-fi aggression at the crossroads of kvlt black metal and crust punk.
Black/doom metal project from Clinton Township, Michigan, formed in 2024, combining the oppressive weight of doom metal with the icy atmosphere of black metal.
Black metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formed in 2014, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground with orthodox black metal fury and atmosphere.
Huntington Beach, California thrash metal band formed in 2017, rooted in the Southern California scene's tradition of high-energy, riff-driven aggression.
Filthy Raw Black Metal out of Texas.
Black metal band from New Hampshire, formed in 2025, part of a new wave of American black metal acts pursuing a raw, unadorned approach to the genre.
Black metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2019, inhabiting a city with a surprisingly active extreme metal underground with a focused black metal approach.
Subversion is a raw black metal project from Vermont, formed in 2011, crafting primitive, lo-fi black metal with an uncompromising underground aesthetic.
Succorbenoth is an atmospheric black/death metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2012, weaving cavernous death metal heaviness together with sweeping, dissonant black metal atmosphere across their Bandcamp catalog.
Succubus is an Atlanta, Georgia band formed in 2017 that moves between ambient black metal and brutal death metal/deathcore, creating a jarring contrast between oppressive atmosphere and outright sonic violence.
Succumbence is a black metal and folk project from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2024, interweaving raw black metal aggression with folk and ambient textures inspired by the rugged landscapes of the Northern Plains.
Suebian Knot is a raw black metal and dark ambient project from the United States, formed in 2020, taking its name from the ancient Germanic hairstyle and weaving primitive black metal with cold, atmospheric undertones.
Suffer is a black metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1993, operating in the underground of a city better known for sludge and doom but contributing a rawer, more orthodox black metal voice to the Southern metal landscape.
Suffer in Black is a blackened doom and post-metal band from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, formed in 2016, merging the slow, despairing weight of doom metal with raw black metal atmosphere and post-metal dynamics.
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