Named after the occultist Éliphas Lévi, this Hazleton, Pennsylvania act fuses melodic black metal sweep with death metal's heaviest low-end, wrapping cold atmospheric passages around aggressive tremolo-driven assault.

Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.

New England's Embitterment throw melodic black metal, death, thrash, and speed into a single volatile concoction, arriving in 2025 with a genre-blurring approach that refuses easy categorization. Expect fierce melodic leads cutting through blackened death metal chaos at speed-metal tempo.

Nashville's Enfold Darkness operates at the demanding intersection of technical and melodic black/death metal, layering labyrinthine compositions with dark, cinematic grandeur since 2015. Unusual for Music City, they've built a quietly formidable reputation in the extreme metal underground.

St. Cloud's Enshrined channels melodic black and death metal through a cold Minnesota lens, balancing harsh aggression with the sweeping, melody-driven intensity characteristic of the Scandinavian traditions they draw from.

Fair Lawn, New Jersey's Epithet weave symphonic grandeur through melodic black and death metal, constructing music with the sweeping ambition suggested by their name. Since 2016, they've brought a cinematic quality to the extreme metal underground.

From the coalfields of Beckley, West Virginia, Eternal Black bring a melodic black and death metal attack shaped by the mountains and darkness of Appalachia. Active since 2015, they carry the rawness of their surroundings into every recording.

Rochester's Eternal Crypt bridge melodic black metal, folk metal, and power metal into a layered style that draws on ancient mythology without abandoning the aggression at the core. Active since 2018, they are among upstate New York's more genre-restless acts.