New York's Samoubiystvo — the name translating roughly to "suicide" in Russian — operates in the depressive black metal underground since 2024 with the solitary intensity the subgenre demands. The project works in darkness by design, crafting music that feels internal and desolate, built from raw black metal's most harrowing emotional register.

California's Shadows of Depression arrived in 2025 with depressive black metal as their vehicle — long, suffocating compositions built around self-annihilation and emotional desolation. New to the scene but working within a well-mapped subgenre, their output leans hard into DSBM's characteristic minimalism and despair.

San Diego's Shrieking, formed in 2025, operate in the atmospheric and depressive wing of black metal, crafting bleak, suffocating soundscapes that lean into introspection and emotional desolation over aggression.

Eugene, Oregon's Sleff operate in the bleakest corner of black metal, channeling the isolation and despair of the depressive subgenre since 2012. Their music is defined by raw, minimal production and an atmosphere of complete desolation, making them a notable presence in the Pacific Northwest's darker underground.

Minneapolis depressive black metal project formed in 2024, channeling the bleak introspection and lo-fi rawness central to the DSBM tradition.

Somber are a Cincinnati, Ohio depressive black metal act formed in 2017, crafting bleak and emotionally raw material in the tradition of DSBM, characterized by cold atmospheres and introspective anguish.

Somber Ire is a New York depressive black metal project formed in 2018, channeling anguish and desolation through the bleak, minimalist aesthetic that defines the DSBM subgenre.

Somn Nesfârsit is a Connecticut depressive black metal project formed in 2024, whose Romanian name meaning "endless sleep" signals an immersive approach to the subgenre's characteristic bleakness and desolate atmosphere.

Sorrowful Regret is a Maryland depressive black metal project formed in 2019, specializing in the slow, anguished style of DSBM that emphasizes emotional desolation over technical complexity.

Soul Dispatch is a depressive black metal project from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2023, exploring the introspective, anguished end of the DSBM spectrum against the backdrop of the desert Southwest.

Soul Suicide is a Michigan-based depressive black metal project formed in 2023. The band channels the introspective and despairing aesthetic of DSBM, emphasizing bleak atmosphere and emotional extremity.

Spaceboots is a raw and depressive black metal project from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2013. They work in the lo-fi, emotionally corrosive tradition of depressive black metal, pairing minimal production with bleak atmospheric intensity.

Depressive black metal project from Deland, Florida, active since 2009, Starless Night pursues the introspective, desolate end of the genre with raw production and emotionally bleak compositions.

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.

Suffer the Gestalt is a depressive black metal project from San Jose, California, formed in 2020, channeling introspective despair and psychological bleakness into the DSBM tradition of slow, anguished compositions.