Blackened progressive metal band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2018, fusing the cerebral structures of progressive metal with the cold atmosphere and dissonance of black metal.

Black metal project from New Jersey, formed in 2013, operating in the raw and atmospheric end of the genre with a decidedly underground approach.

Blackened death metal and deathcore band from Sale Creek, Tennessee, formed in 2013, fusing the darkness of black metal with death metal aggression and the structural intensity of deathcore.

Atmospheric black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2017, crafting vast, celestial soundscapes that evoke cosmic desolation through layered tremolo guitars and sweeping ambient textures.

Synrah is an industrial symphonic death/black metal band from Norco, California, formed in 2013, blending orchestral grandeur with mechanized heaviness and extreme metal aggression into a densely layered sound.

Synthema Occvlta is a black/death metal project from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2025, drawing on occult imagery and the raw brutality shared by both extreme metal traditions.

Syphilitic Lust is a black metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2010, channeling the raw, caustic energy of underground black metal through the dense urban environment of New York City.

Sythe is a progressive black/death metal band from Portland, Maine, formed in 2014, merging the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's brutality and progressive metal's structural ambition.

Sárnes is a black metal band from Burlington, Vermont, formed in 2018, drawing on Scandinavian black metal aesthetics while rooted in the cold, rural atmosphere of the New England landscape.

Søppelskaler is a black/death metal band from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, formed in 2021, whose Danish-inspired name reflects an approach to extreme metal that combines black metal's raw menace with death metal's crushing low-end weight.

Formed in Frederick, Maryland in 2025, Taartaros arrive fully formed at the bleakest convergence of black, death, and doom metal — a suffocating trifecta that trades no one style for another. Their sound is early and uncompromising, built on cold dissonance and funeral-pace heaviness laced with the caustic edge of death metal aggression.

Named after the stress-induced cardiac condition, Takotsubo emerged from Stuart, Virginia in 2015 with an experimental black metal vision as unsettling as the syndrome it references. Their music fractures orthodox black metal frameworks into something stranger and more internal — disorienting structures, unconventional textures, and an atmosphere of genuine psychological weight.

Torrance, California's Teeth Gnashers have been grinding out raw black metal fused with punk aggression since 2009, one of the longer-running acts in LA's subterranean extreme scene. Their black/punk hybrid strips both genres down to their most feral essentials — speed, scorn, and maximum filth.

Louisville's Tehillah have been weaponizing blackened death metal since 2015, drawing on Kentucky's tradition of serious, no-frills heavy music and pushing it into the pitch-black extremes. The name — Hebrew for "praise" — sits in sharp irony against their caustic sound, which finds the sacred in the most violent sonic spaces.

Fort Lauderdale's Tempus Fugit have been practicing technical power/thrash metal since 2014, a demanding hybrid that requires both precision and firepower in equal measure. Their South Florida origins are fitting for a band whose music buzzes with a relentless, sun-scorched energy — technically demanding riffs delivered at thrash velocity with the melodic ambition of power metal.