Special Buddy Discount is a blackened grindcore band from Rochester, New York, active since 2012, fusing the relentless velocity of grindcore with the abrasive, lo-fi spite of black metal. The deliberately absurdist name belies music of genuine sonic hostility.

Species Splicer is a Lynnwood, Washington band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlapping territory of blackened brutal death metal and deathcore. Their sound grafts the chromatic density and guttural extremity of brutal death metal onto deathcore's breakdown-heavy architecture, with black metal atmosphere woven throughout.

Spectral Archfiend is a black metal project from West Lafayette, Indiana, formed in 2017, crafting raw and aggressive black metal with a firm grounding in the genre's second-wave traditions. The project channels themes of malevolence and darkness through a deliberately harsh sonic palette.

Spectral Blood is a Tampa, Florida death/black metal band formed in 2018, drawing from the city's legendary extreme metal lineage while incorporating the cold menace of black metal. Their sound merges Floridian death metal's thick, churning low end with black metal's atmospheric hostility.

Spectral Damnation is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Kingston, New York, formed in 2018, blending the epic melodic ambition of power metal with progressive metal's structural complexity. Their music favors expansive arrangements, technical proficiency, and soaring vocal dynamics.

Spectral Decay is a black metal project from Albuquerque, New Mexico, formed in 2023, delivering raw and uncompromising black metal shaped by the stark, arid character of the desert Southwest. A recent entry into the scene, they embrace the underground ethos of stripped-down, primitive black metal production.

Blasphemous Black Metal out of Texas.

Spectral Manifest is a Houston, Texas black/death metal band with roots going back to 2009, one of the longer-running acts operating at the intersection of those two genres in the state. Their work blends the infernal density of death metal with the blasphemous atmosphere of black metal in the tradition of South American and European underground extremity.

Spectral Omen is a black metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2024, emerging from a city with a strong extreme metal underground. Their nascent catalog channels ominous, riff-driven black metal consistent with the darker currents running through the Texas scene.

Spectral Outrider is a New York blackened heavy metal band formed in 2022, fusing the melodic drive and classic riffing of traditional heavy metal with the rawer, more aggressive tones of black metal. The combination evokes the spirit of bands that straddle the line between NWOBHM-influenced metal and occult black metal.

Spectral Spectrum is a Massachusetts black/heavy metal band formed in 2023, blending the raw, cold edge of black metal with melodic heavy metal songwriting. The project reflects a broader trend in the American underground of pairing traditional metal's hook-driven structures with black metal's atmospheric harshness.

Spectral Tombs is a black metal band from Portland, Oregon, active since 2012, operating within the raw, atmospheric end of the American black metal underground. Portland's prolific and insular extreme metal scene has given the band a strong foundation, and their output reflects the cold, cavernous sensibility prevalent in Pacific Northwest black metal.

Spectral Torture is a raw black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2023, embracing the most abrasive and deliberately lo-fi end of the black metal spectrum. Their work strips the genre to its harshest essentials, favoring noise, spite, and contempt for polish over any concessions to accessibility.

Spectral Tower is an atmospheric black/doom metal project from San Luis Obispo, California, formed in 2014, crafting expansive, desolate soundscapes that merge glacially slow tempos with windswept black metal tremolo and melancholy atmosphere.

Spectral Woods is a raw black metal solo project from Eureka, California, formed in 2019, producing primitive, lo-fi black metal rooted in harsh production and misanthropic Northern California forest aesthetics.