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Oshkosh, WI · 2014–present · active
Oshkosh, Wisconsin's Tower of Babel have been crafting melodic black metal since 2014, infusing the genre's characteristic icy atmosphere with hooks and structural clarity that give their sound a distinct sense of purposeful grandeur.
Philadelphia, PA · 2014–present · active
Philadelphia's Tower of Babel, active since 2014, approach post-black metal with an emphasis on texture and emotional breadth, blending the genre's dissonant tremolo foundations with the expansive, atmospheric dynamics that define the post-black movement.
St. Louis, MO · 2011–present · active
St. Louis's Towering Filth, active since 2011, fuse the ugliness of sludge metal with black metal's hostility and hardcore's stripped-down fury, arriving at a sound that is deliberately abrasive, confrontational, and indifferent to genre boundaries.
Portland, OR · 2002–present · active
Portland, Oregon's Toxic Holocaust are one of the definitive names in the blackened speed and thrash metal revival, led by Joel Grind since 2002, forging a rawly produced and ferociously energetic sound that draws equally from early Sodom, Bathory, and Motörhead.
Madison, WI · 2012–present · active
Madison, Wisconsin's Tragic Death have been crafting melodic black metal with a cold, atmospheric intensity since 2012, drawing on Scandinavian influences while maintaining a distinctly North American bleakness.
Hobbs, NM · 2011–present · active
Hobbs, New Mexico's Trail of the Blood Stained God have been deploying blackened death metal from the high desert since 2011, fusing the frost-bitten savagery of black metal with the blunt-force trauma of death metal.
Boca Raton, FL · 2010–present · active
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St. Louis, MO · 2023–present · active
Trashgoat emerged from St. Louis in 2023 with a rawly irreverent take on black metal, their '666' Bandcamp handle telegraphing the lo-fi, adversarial spirit that runs through their music.
Seattle, WA · 2022–present · active
Seattle's Trauma Sounds blend black metal's harsh atmosphere with post-black metal's more expansive, textured approach, incorporating shoegaze elements into a sound that fits the grey, introspective character of the Pacific Northwest.

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