Ultra-limited war metal cult. Releases pressed in runs of 5 to 300 copies, available only directly from the band.

Filthy Progressive Black Metal out of Texas.

Out of Long Beach, California, Satanófator deal in the grinding intersection of black and death metal — corrosive riffwork, blasting percussion, and a caustic, feral energy that owes as much to South American war metal as it does to the US underground. Formed in 2018, they carry the genre's most nihilistic traditions with conviction.

Phoenix, Arizona's Savage Necromancy emerged in 2019 with a death/black metal approach rooted in ugliness and ritual menace — the scorching desert backdrop a fitting home for music built around morbid atmospheres and unrelenting sonic punishment. They mine the classic death-black crossover with no interest in modernization, keeping their sound firmly in the tradition of early-'90s extremity.

Las Vegas is not the most obvious home for black metal, which makes Savnock's decade-plus existence there all the more singular — a black metal act forged in 2011 amid the neon and sprawl, channeling the genre's darkness and isolation against an unlikely urban backdrop. Their sound is pure black metal conviction, stripped of spectacle despite where they come from.

Scapegoat is a death/black metal act formed in 2023 whose location remains unconfirmed, adding an air of anonymity fitting for music that operates at the intersection of two of extreme metal's most unforgiving traditions. Their approach suggests a rawness and adversarial intent typical of the underground black/death crossover.

Formed in 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Scars like Reminders take atmospheric black metal's interplay of beauty and bleakness and root it in the moody, mountainous landscape of East Tennessee — a natural fit for a genre built on longing, isolation, and vast sonic space. Brand new to the underground, their atmospheric approach promises expansive, emotionally charged black metal from an underrepresented corner of the American South.

Chicago's Scepter have been refining their thrash metal craft since 2019, contributing to the Windy City's robust and historically significant heavy metal underground. The band draws from the classic thrash tradition — tight, aggressive riffwork, punishing tempos, and the kind of no-frills songwriting that connects them to the genre's foundational years.

Relentless Post-Black Metal from Mansfield, Connecticut /.