Albuquerque black metal act whose 2013 self-titled debut taps into the high desert's stark beauty and ancient Native American spirituality. New Mexico's vast, arid landscapes provide a fitting backdrop for their atmospheric approach to the genre.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina black metal act debuting in 2025 with a self-titled full-length. A fresh addition to the Triangle area's growing extreme metal scene, arriving fully formed with album-length ambition from the start.

Walpole, Massachusetts death metal project delivering old-school extremity since 2022. Their Sacred Vessel EP and follow-up demo channel the New England tradition of grim, no-frills death metal — cold, dark, and unforgiving as a Massachusetts winter.

Philadelphia black metal project from the Pennsylvania underground.

Philadelphia black metal act emerging in 2025 with Hymns of the Old Healing Sun. The title's juxtaposition of ancient spirituality and solar warmth hints at a more contemplative approach to black metal, fitting for a city steeped in American history.

Riverside, California black metal project that emerged in 2025 with two EPs in quick succession. Comes the Green Man and Journey Through Mist and Mountain deal in nature-worshipping atmospheric black metal, drawing unlikely inspiration from the Inland Empire's sun-scorched landscapes.

Pasadena black metal project whose 2021 single features a vaporwave-styled title in full-width Unicode characters. A collision of internet aesthetics and black metal that signals something stranger and more modern than the ancient name suggests.

Newport, Oregon black metal act drawing from the Pacific Northwest's grey, rain-soaked coastline. Their 2025 EP Winter Holocaust channels the brutal isolation of Oregon's small coastal towns into frigid, atmospheric black metal.

Florence, Kentucky black metal project operating from the outer edge of the Cincinnati metro area. Minimal information, maximum mystique — the kind of shadowy underground project that keeps black metal's obscurantist tradition alive.

Knoxville black metal project from the Tennessee underground.

Los Angeles black/doom project debuting in 2025 with The Implications of Ascendancy. The EP blends black metal tremolo with doom metal's crushing pace, suggesting a band equally versed in both genres' darkest traditions.

Providence, Rhode Island black metal outfit with five releases since 2019. A prolific purveyor of frigid extremity from New England, their catalog — from The Descent Abysmal to Follow the Echo of Curses — traces an arc of increasing ambition within raw black metal's constraints.

Kingsport black metal project from the Tennessee underground.

Black metal project that migrated from Fort Lauderdale to Portland to Finland.

West Virginia black metal project.