New York's Hatred Palisade build industrial black metal architecture from cold machinery and corrosive atmosphere, the electronics never softening the aggression but instead amplifying its mechanical dread.

Chicago's Haunted Knight channel melodic black metal into a sound that balances scorching intensity with dark, sweeping atmosphere, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground since 2022.

Critically acclaimed progressive black/death on Profound Lore Records. All members also play in the country band Calico Bonnet.

California's Haunter fuse black metal and punk into an abrasive and energetic hybrid, stripping both styles down to their most confrontational qualities and igniting them in the same short fuse.

Providence's Haunting Figure arrived in 2022 with black metal that carries the brooding weight you'd expect from Rhode Island's famously overcast skies — raw, isolationist, and built to linger long after the last note fades.

Born in the forests and winters of New Hampshire in 2024, Havener weave atmospheric black metal that prizes texture and mood over pure aggression. Their sound is expansive and cold, built from layered tremolo passages and cavernous production that evokes bleak northern landscapes.

Connecticut's Havohej operate in the shadow of the early American black metal underground, pairing scathing black metal orthodoxy with experimental inclinations that push the genre into stranger, more dissonant territory. Few US acts bring this level of dark conceptual commitment to the form.

Out of Wellsville, Ohio, Haxxan have channeled raw, atmospheric black metal into their work since 2017, building on a tradition of American underground black metal that prizes sincerity and darkness over production values. Their Bandcamp presence signals a deliberately lo-fi, DIY aesthetic.

Spokane's He Who Walks Behind the Rows lift their name from Stephen King's rural horror mythology and apply it to a black/death metal sound steeped in malevolence and ritual menace. Formed in 2021, they belong to the Pacific Northwest's tradition of atmospheric, darkly literary extreme metal.

Cleveland black/thrash outfit Headless Rats channel the rabid, scabrous energy of first-wave black metal and Motorhead-indebted punk thrash into a sound that's filthy and fast in equal measure. Since 2014 they've been a reliable source of dangerous, unpolished extremity from the Rust Belt.

Heart of the Serpent is a shadowy, location-unknown American black metal entity that has operated in deliberate obscurity since 2017, letting the music speak without geographic or biographical context. Their approach is cold, primordial, and unmistakably focused on black metal in its most unadorned form.

Houston's Hearth Companion bring a warmth and atmospheric depth to post-black metal that reflects both the genre's introspective heritage and Texas's emotional vastness. Formed in 2019, they craft post-black metal that's less ice-cold cathedral and more smoldering midnight fire.

Georgia's Heartless have been practicing a stripped-down, unadorned black metal since 2008, operating with the uncompromising conviction of an act that has no interest in mainstream accessibility. Their sound is lean and cold, indifferent to trends.

San Diego's Heathen God arrived in 2024 at the intersection of blackened and melodic death metal, a debut act with ambition written into their name and immediacy in their execution. Their blend of melodic death metal craft and black metal atmosphere positions them as one of Southern California's more intriguing recent arrivals.

California's Heathendom formed in 2025 as a symphonic black metal project, layering orchestral grandeur over cold, dissonant riffing in the tradition of the genre's most theatrical practitioners. They're among the newest acts in the domestic symphonic black metal scene, arriving with fully formed ambition.