Salt Lake City death metal project with an enormous eleven-release discography since 2012. Named after a demon from the Ars Goetia, their catalog sprawls across singles, compilations, and full-lengths that probe the boundaries of extreme music from the unlikely backdrop of Mormon country.

Los Angeles pagan black metal project Cacaodemon emerged in 2023, adding a nature-rooted spiritual dimension to the Southern California extreme metal underground.

California solo project by Agravain that evolved from power/melodic death metal into black, pagan, and folk metal territory, drawing on themes of despair, fantasy, and ancient legend before disbanding around 2010.

Denver pagan/black metal outfit Circle of Beings weave nature worship and ancient mythology into atmospheric, melodic black metal compositions. Their sound draws on European pagan metal traditions while reflecting the vast landscapes of the American West.

Chicago black and pagan metal band drawing from Celtic mythology and tradition to shape a dark, atmospheric sound. Céide weaves Irish ancestral imagery and pagan themes into cold, riff-heavy black metal from the American Midwest.

Born from the rust belt shadows of East Liverpool, Ohio, Heidentum channels a raw and ancient fury through primitive black metal that feels ripped straight from northern European soil. Formed in 2021, the project embraces pagan hostility with an American grimness all its own.

Named after their Inland Empire hometown, Hesperia (CA) have been trafficking in death metal since 2018 with a directness that reflects the working-class sprawl of their surroundings. Unadorned brutality from a corner of California metal that rarely gets the attention it deserves.

Sacramento's Modraniht weave pagan mythology into raw black metal, drawing on pre-Christian Germanic traditions to craft atmospheric, ritualistic compositions that feel rooted in something ancient and Northern. Formed in 2014, they occupy the atmospheric end of the pagan black metal spectrum with a reverent but uncompromising approach.

Tampa's Othalan take the ancient rune at their core seriously, fusing pagan metal's folk-infused grandeur with the raw cold of black metal in a city better known for death metal extremity. Since 2013, they've stood apart from Florida's scene with a distinctly Northern spiritual character.

Pagan black metal band from Eagle, Colorado, formed in 2018, combining the harsh atmospherics and raw intensity of black metal with the folk and nature-worshipping themes of the pagan metal tradition.