Pittsburgh black metal and hardcore band fusing the raw intensity of black metal with the DIY directness of hardcore. Cydonia brings a confrontational, stripped-down edge to extreme metal from the Pittsburgh underground.

Shenandoah, Virginia black metal band operating in the raw, underground tradition of American black metal. Cydron cultivates a cold and desolate sound shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains' isolation.

Denver black metal and crust punk band combining the rawness of crust with the menacing atmosphere of black metal. Cyffrous Indignus channels political fury and sonic chaos through a grimy, anarchic extreme metal framework.

Peoria, Illinois post-black metal band drawing from the astronomical imagery of supernova remnants to craft spacious, melancholic black metal. Cygnus Loop blends celestial atmosphere with the raw energy of traditional black metal.

Walnut, Illinois black metal band drawing its name from a Welsh death omen and conjuring bleak, foreboding soundscapes from the American Midwest. Cyhiraeth pursues raw atmospheric black metal with an occult and spectral intensity.

Columbus, Ohio black metal band dealing in raw, corrosive black metal with a cold, underground sensibility. Cyhyraeth OH channels Midwestern bleakness through tremolo-drenched riffs and frigid atmosphere.

Austin, Texas black metal band operating in the cold, riff-forward tradition of raw black metal. Cymoril cultivates a grim and uncompromising sound from the Texas underground.

Temecula, California raw black metal project channeling the most primitive and hostile tradition of the genre. Cynicism CA operates in the underground with a deliberately stripped-down, lo-fi, and caustic black metal aesthetic.

Boston black metal band steeped in atmospheric darkness and the raw, hostile tradition of American black metal. Cythraul draws from the Welsh word for the demonic to channel a sound built on cold, bleak, and unforgiving fury.

California black metal project operating in the underground tradition of raw, atmospheric black metal. Cytonic pursues a cold and corrosive sound built on the genre's most primitive and hostile elements.

Los Angeles black metal band operating in the California underground with a raw and atmospheric approach to the genre. Czar CA pursues cold, minimalist black metal with the hostility and grimness of the old-school tradition.

Chicago black and pagan metal band drawing from Celtic mythology and tradition to shape a dark, atmospheric sound. Céide weaves Irish ancestral imagery and pagan themes into cold, riff-heavy black metal from the American Midwest.

A brand-new entry from Denham Springs, Louisiana, Dachnavar traffics in raw black metal's harshest aesthetic — primitive, corrosive, and recorded with deliberate lo-fi ferocity. Formed in 2025, they're one of the scene's freshest voices in an intentionally ancient-sounding style.

Kingsport, Tennessee's Daedric Chamber conjures black metal alongside dungeon synth, weaving atmospheric darkness with medieval and occult imagery across both styles. The pairing is natural — both genres share an obsession with the ancient and the otherworldly.

Out of Wichita, Daemon Rising channels black metal's misanthropic fury through a direct and unadorned approach, keeping the darkness front and center since 2015. The Kansas plains offer their own particular isolation that feeds into the bleakness.