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Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D (2011)
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House Sound Of Adonis (The Jackin' Days) Vol. 1 (2020)
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In Passing Ascension (2017)
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Birmingham, Alabama black metal project with roots going back to 1999, known for unpredictable stylistic range from raw old-school black metal to neofolk and post-black.
Salt Lake City epic/atmospheric black metal duo whose conceptual framework is drawn from Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen novels, having released the highly regarded Echoes of Battle in 2013.
Black/death metal act from the Albany, New York area, blending corrosive blackened riffing with death metal brutality since 2015.
San Antonio black/death metal band formed in 2025, a newly emerged Texas act fusing the corrosive rawness of black metal with death metal ferocity.
One-person symphonic post-black metal project from Bangor, Maine, active since 2018, layering orchestral ambition over atmospheric black metal foundations.
Long-running black metal project rooted in Lynchburg, Virginia before relocating to Cheyenne, Wyoming, dealing in death, disease, and perversion across a career spanning from 2003.
Brooklyn melodic black metal project Calugarul draw on themes of ancient history, religion, life, and death, weaving atmospheric grandeur into their extreme metal framework since 2021.
A black metal band based in Brooklyn, New York, Calvaria have been active since 2022, carving out their place in the city's underground extreme metal community.
Georgia-based black metal act Calvary are a nascent underground project still building their catalog and identity within the extreme metal underground.
Speed-obsessed, blasphemous death metal inspired by Angelcorpse, Krisiun, and Hate Eternal. Releases on Lavadome Productions and Iron Blood and Death Corporation.
California solo project by Agravain that evolved from power/melodic death metal into black, pagan, and folk metal territory, drawing on themes of despair, fantasy, and ancient legend before disbanding around 2010.
Arlington, Virginia black metal act with roots stretching back to 1985, one of the earlier American outfits to operate in the extreme underground.
Denton/Fort Worth raw black metal and ambient project active 2017-2018, exploring themes of alchemy, the afterlife, and extinction across lo-fi, atmospheric compositions.
Tahlequah, Oklahoma black metal project active since the early 2020s, operating in the raw and uncompromising vein of the underground scene.
American black metal project active since 2019, dwelling in the raw and hostile corridors of the underground tradition.
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