Immersive Atmospheric Black / Folk Metal from Keller.

A folk and Viking metal band out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mjød wraps Norse mythology and pagan imagery in melodic metal arrangements, drawing on themes of winter, fate, and the old gods. Formed in 2017, their name — Old Norse for "mead" — signals an intent to conjure the atmosphere of a hall-fire past.

Out of Ashburn, Virginia, Moonroot plays Celtic folk metal with a roots-rock sensibility, drawing on acoustic textures and traditional folk melody to ground their heavy arrangements since forming in 2023.

Atlanta's Moss and Clay blend atmospheric black metal with genuine folk sensibility — formed in 2022, they weave earthy, melodic elements into their blackened framework, giving their music a distinctly organic and rootsy Georgia character.

Brand new in 2025, Eureka, Missouri's Mosterhaven practice raw atmospheric black metal with folk underpinnings, their debut effort immediately pointing toward windswept, nature-worshipping extremity with an unpolished, DIY conviction.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania's Mountain Shadow are a newly formed (2024) project spanning an unusually wide stylistic range — atmospheric black metal, folk metal, death metal, doom, and death-doom — suggesting a band intent on using the full palette of extreme metal rather than settling into a single lane. The project's scope and ambition make it one of the more intriguing recent arrivals in the Pennsylvania underground.

A New York-based project founded in 2014, Myrkur weaves atmospheric black metal with folk and post-metal textures, layering ethereal vocals over icy tremolo riffs and acoustic passages to create a sound that is both harrowing and hauntingly beautiful.

A New England epic folk metal band active since 2013, Mythbegotten layer acoustic instrumentation, folk melodies, and regional mythological storytelling over heavy metal foundations — a sound that suits their northeastern wilderness setting as much as it does their name.