San Francisco, California act Chainsaw Zombie weave together black metal, death metal, and doom metal into a dark, mid-paced assault drawing from the Bay Area's extreme metal history. The death-doom elements slow their attack and add a sepulchral heaviness.

Layton, Utah black-death metal act Chalice Dungeon blend the savagery of death metal with the atmospherics and intensity of black metal. Their sound is dense and abrasive, operating in the blackened death tradition with a raw underground aesthetic.

California raw black metal project Chalice of Eden operate in the lo-fi, primitive tradition of raw black metal, prioritizing atmosphere and nihilistic intensity over production polish. Their music is harsh and stripped down, indebted to the second-wave Scandinavian style.

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Searles Valley, California black metal project Chamber of Mirrors craft cold, atmospheric black metal from the Mojave Desert region, channeling isolation and desolation into harsh, tremolo-driven compositions. Their remote origins lend the music a bleak and solitary character.

Moorhead, Minnesota band Chandrian blend black metal's raw intensity with symphonic metal's orchestral arrangements and grand scope. Their approach incorporates atmospheric keyboard layers and melodic structures alongside harsher black metal elements.

Minneapolis, Minnesota atmospheric black metal act Changeling craft expansive, melancholic black metal rooted in the post-black and atmospheric traditions, incorporating ambient textures and dynamic shifts alongside the genre's core harshness. Minnesota's long winters and isolation are palpable in their sound.

Tucson, Arizona band Chaos Ascending combine black metal's cold intensity and tremolo-picked aggression with symphonic metal's orchestral grandeur and melodic scope. Their sound bridges raw black metal aesthetics with cinematic, keyboard-driven arrangements.

Chaos Moon is a black metal project founded in Philadelphia by Alex Poole, blending raw black metal with doom and funeral doom influences into a sound of dense atmospheric despair. Active since the mid-2000s with breaks and reformations, their 2017 album Eschaton Mémoire is considered their most critically acclaimed work.

Chaos Sculptor is a black and death metal project from New Orleans, Louisiana, created by guitarist Darrin Lett as a solo recording effort with session drums handled by a member of the Polish band Deathspawn. The project channels the raw aggression of both black and death metal with independent, self-produced releases.

Chaosophy is a chaos gnostic black metal band from Madison, Wisconsin, formed in 2012, that channels anti-cosmic and occult themes through bleak, bludgeoning black metal compositions. Their self-titled debut and subsequent split with Terranaut reflect an uncompromising approach to the raw, atmospheric end of the genre.

Chaotic End is a blackened brutal death metal band from San Antonio, Texas, formed in 2009, that blends the harshness of black metal with the density of brutal death metal. The band stands out in the San Antonio scene as one of the few acts pushing the blackened death metal sound.

Frigid Black Metal out of Texas.

Char is a black metal band from Vancouver, Washington, operating in the Pacific Northwest underground scene. The band pursues a raw, stripped-down approach to black metal within a region known for producing atmospheric and black metal acts.

Charakter is a black and folk metal band from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, blending the aggression of black metal with folk metal elements in a region with a sparse extreme metal presence. The project is an independent effort drawing on both Scandinavian folk metal traditions and raw black metal aesthetics.