Black metal band from Kansas City, Missouri, formed in 2026, taking their name from the strzyyga, a vampiric undead creature from Polish Slavic mythology. Their entry in this index represents one of the newest formations in the current American black metal underground.

Depressive black metal project with connections to Loviisa, Finland, formed in 2020, working in the introspective, stripped-down tradition of depressive black metal with a Scandinavian orientation despite its US registration. The band's name is a Swedish-inflected phonetic rendering suggesting woodland isolation.

Experimental southern and black metal band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2021, defying easy categorization by blending the atmospheric harshness of black metal with the roots-inflected heaviness of southern metal and a restlessly experimental compositional approach.

American black metal project formed in 2014 with no publicly listed city or state, operating in the anonymous underground tradition of the genre. The German name — meaning "assault rifle" — signals a militaristic, aggressive aesthetic consistent with certain strains of raw and orthodox black metal.

Atmospheric and raw black metal project from the Black Hills of South Dakota, formed in 2025, drawing on the stark, vast landscape of the region to inform a sound that merges raw black metal's abrasiveness with expansive atmospheric textures. Their name is drawn from a Slavic word, adding an esoteric Old World quality to decidedly American terrain.

Black metal project from Loveland, Colorado, formed in 2023, conjuring cold, atmospheric darkness rooted in orthodox black metal tradition.

Cincinnati, Ohio blackened death metal band formed in 2019, fusing the ferocity of death metal with the icy atmospheric textures of black metal.

Raw black metal and punk hybrid project formed in 2023, channeling the abrasive, lo-fi aggression at the crossroads of kvlt black metal and crust punk.

Black/doom metal project from Clinton Township, Michigan, formed in 2024, combining the oppressive weight of doom metal with the icy atmosphere of black metal.

Black metal band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, formed in 2014, carving out a presence in the Midwest underground with orthodox black metal fury and atmosphere.

Huntington Beach, California thrash metal band formed in 2017, rooted in the Southern California scene's tradition of high-energy, riff-driven aggression.

Filthy Raw Black Metal out of Texas.

Black metal band from New Hampshire, formed in 2025, part of a new wave of American black metal acts pursuing a raw, unadorned approach to the genre.

Black metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed in 2019, inhabiting a city with a surprisingly active extreme metal underground with a focused black metal approach.

Subversion is a raw black metal project from Vermont, formed in 2011, crafting primitive, lo-fi black metal with an uncompromising underground aesthetic.