Brewer, Maine black metal project whose EPs — Infinite Lights of Greater Stars and somewhere, I hear the falling dawn — bring poetic sensitivity to atmospheric black metal from the banks of the Penobscot River.

Martinsburg, West Virginia black metal project with eight releases since 2007. Their catalog — including the deluxe reissue of Beneath the Threshold and the early EP Bleak... — traces nearly two decades of atmospheric black metal from the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

Boston black metal project exploring themes of self-creation through icy, atmospheric extremity, contributing to New England's quietly thriving black metal scene.

Mansfield Center, Connecticut black metal project with two releases since 2010. The Hill and Of The Land channel the New England countryside into atmospheric black metal that treats the rural Connecticut landscape as sacred ground.

Oakland death metal legends and architects of the death-doom subgenre. Their Bandcamp catalog includes Dead as..., representing one chapter of a career that fundamentally shaped extreme music worldwide. Chris Reifert and company created the template for merging death metal's fury with doom's crushing pace.

Lima, Ohio black metal band channeling the rural Midwest's bleak, windswept emptiness into atmospheric darkness from small-town Northwest Ohio.

New York black metal project wrapping melancholic themes in tremolo-picked atmospherics, contributing to the state's vast and varied extreme metal landscape.

San Diego black/death metal act blending seasonal melancholy with extreme metal aggression, contributing to Southern California's diverse underground with atmospheric intensity.

Maple Grove, Minnesota DSBM-adjacent black metal project whose 2024 releases explore depression and loss through raw, emotional extremity. The split with Sober and the single Mentally Destroyed... wear their psychological wounds openly.

Yonkers black metal band from New York City's northern border, channeling the decay and transformation of the fall season into atmospheric extremity.

Minneapolis black metal project whose 2024 single The Streets Are Callin' Me brings an unusual urban directness to a genre typically associated with forests and mountains. Street-level black metal from the Twin Cities.

Lexington, Kentucky black metal act drawing from the Bluegrass State's changing seasons, wrapping seasonal themes in atmospheric darkness with a distinctly Southern flavor.

Milwaukee black metal project adding to Wisconsin's growing extreme metal underground, channeling the city's industrial heritage into atmospheric darkness.

Portland black metal act whose Norwegian name means 'of sorrow,' channeling Scandinavian influence through the Pacific Northwest's fertile atmospheric black metal scene.

Gassaway, West Virginia black metal project emerging from deep Appalachia, channeling the Mountain State's isolation and rugged terrain into raw atmospheric extremity.