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Minneapolis depressive black metal project formed in 2024, channeling the bleak introspection and lo-fi rawness central to the DSBM tradition.
Raleigh, North Carolina black metal band formed in 2020, working within the raw, atmospheric end of the genre as part of the Southeast underground black metal scene.
Pittsburgh blackened psychedelic stoner and doom metal band formed in 2024, combining the murk of stoner doom with black metal's abrasive atmosphere in a hazily oppressive hybrid.
Snaer is a black metal project from Pittsfield, Maine, formed in 2017, whose name — Old Norse for "snow" — reflects the project's affinity for cold, atmospheric extremity rooted in the bleak landscapes of the rural Northeast.
New York post-black metal band formed in 2014, known for orchestrating sweeping, shoegaze-infused compositions that push black metal's atmospheric qualities toward orchestral and cinematic extremes.
Baltimore post-black metal band formed in 2013, exploring the genre's atmospheric and introspective dimensions within the dense creative underground of Maryland's largest city.
New Jersey death/black metal band formed in 2014, combining the brutality of death metal with black metal's misanthropic darkness in the spirit of the state's longstanding extreme metal underground.
Soft Shell is a raw black metal and ambient project from Kalamazoo, Michigan, formed in 2021, producing lo-fi, abrasive black metal that merges the primitive rawness of the underground with cold atmospheric textures.
Sojourn in Existence is a progressive black/death metal band from Oregon, formed in 2021, weaving complex compositional structures and introspective themes through a framework of blackened extremity and progressive expansion.
Sol Terminus is a blackened death metal band from Columbia, Missouri, formed in 2024, blending the cold ferocity of black metal with the crushing heaviness of death metal in one of the region's newer extreme metal outfits.
Solar Cross is a black metal band from New England, formed in 2021, cultivating a cold and austere approach to the genre in keeping with the long tradition of atmospheric and raw black metal emerging from the northeastern United States.
Solar Warden is a black/death metal band from Roswell, New Mexico, formed in 2021, whose name references UFO conspiracy lore and whose sound channels the dark, hostile energy of blackened death metal from an appropriately desolate desert locale.
Solemn Penitence is a blackened death metal band from Longview, Texas, formed in 2025, merging the ferocity of death metal with the cold, abrasive atmosphere of black metal.
Solephemeros is a US death/black metal project formed in 2025, operating at the intersection of death metal brutality and black metal atmosphere in the American underground extreme metal tradition.
Solis Nigri is a black metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2024, contributing to the Pacific Northwest's active black metal underground with a sound rooted in the genre's cold, misanthropic traditions.
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