Lynchburg, Virginia black metal project named after Japan's infamous 'suicide forest,' with a staggering seventeen releases since 2013. The most prolific act in this catalog, their multilingual album titles — Russian, French, English — reflect a cosmopolitan ambition matched by relentless creative output.

Monument black metal project from the Colorado underground.

Napa death metal project from the California underground.

New Haven, Connecticut black metal project whose 2015 single Far and Few delivers atmospheric extremity from the Elm City. Brief but evocative, a snapshot of New England's black metal underground.

Los Angeles death metal project from the California underground.

Xenia, Ohio death metal project whose name evokes both domestic horror and a near-miss on the number of the beast. Minimal output from a small Ohio city known more for tornadoes than extreme music.

Frederick black metal project from the Maryland underground.

Bremen/Athens, Georgia death metal project telling their story in chapters since 2021. From the despair of Bleak, Broken, and Heavy-Hearted to the violence of Bloodletting, they build a serialized narrative of misery through crushing death metal from the Georgia college-town circuit.

Columbia thrash metal project from the South Carolina underground.