A depressive black metal project out of Sacramento, California, My Useless Life traffics in the suffocating misery and lo-fi aesthetics that define the DSBM underground, delivering bleak, introspective compositions that lean heavily on raw atmosphere over technical polish.

Minneapolis black metal act Mycorrhizae, formed in 2023, draws its conceptual and sonic identity from subterranean natural systems, crafting icy, dense atmospheres that suggest both the sprawling Midwestern cold and something deeply buried beneath it.

A 2025 arrival from Williamson, West Virginia, Mykrydia works in the intersection of depressive and post-black metal, layering bleak Appalachian darkness over atmospheric black metal frameworks that stretch and breathe with post-rock-influenced dynamics.

San Diego's Myoldlovelost blends post-black metal's shimmering atmosphere with ambient undercurrents and a nostalgic emotional weight, creating soundscapes that feel as much like grief processed through texture as they do conventional black metal.

Washington State's Myopic defies easy categorization by drawing equally from sludge, black, death, and doom metal, blending these traditions into a dense, multi-layered extremity that has evolved steadily since the band's formation in 2011.

Emerging from the remote environs of Luna Lake, Arizona in 2017, Myotis Occultus practices raw black metal with the isolation and esotericism that the name implies, stripping production to bare minimum in service of pure, malevolent atmosphere.

Dallas black metal act Myraak, formed in 2017, channels the cold and the sinister through a Texas lens, contributing to the Lone Star State's growing underground black metal presence with grimly focused compositions.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Myrdød — whose name invokes death in a Nordic register — fuses black and death metal into a relentless, caustic hybrid that has pushed forward since 2020 with the kind of uncompromising darkness the name suggests.

A New York-based project founded in 2014, Myrkur weaves atmospheric black metal with folk and post-metal textures, layering ethereal vocals over icy tremolo riffs and acoustic passages to create a sound that is both harrowing and hauntingly beautiful.

A Georgia black metal act founded in 2014, this incarnation of Myrkur pursues a rawer, more stripped-down approach to the genre, favoring cold, unadorned riffing and a grim aesthetic over the folk and atmospheric flourishes of its New York namesake.

A newly formed black metal outfit from Lampe, Missouri, Myrkweb emerged in 2025 with the murky, isolated aesthetic that the Ozarks backwoods tend to inspire — raw production and misanthropic conviction at the core of their sound.

Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, Myrkwisaidaz formed in 2022 and practice a brand of black metal that draws on Germanic tribal imagery, channeling archaic hostility through buzzing riffs and ritualistic intensity.

Frigid Black Metal from San Antonio.

Niles, Michigan's Mysophilia take the blackened thrash approach: vicious riffing informed by the second wave's rawness combined with the velocity and aggression of old-school thrash, producing a scrappy, venomous sound since their 2012 formation.

Ripping Melodic Black / Death Metal from Houston.