Los Angeles black metal project that arrived in 2026 with two releases in quick succession. The End Will Write Itself and their extended play signal a band emerging fully formed from the city's vast underground.

Lexington black metal project from the Kentucky underground.

Corte Madera, California gothic metal project with five releases spanning 2005 to present. Their deluxe edition on UK label Ravenheart Music demonstrates international reach from the small Marin County town, blending gothic atmospherics with progressive ambition.

San Jose, California death metal act whose 2017 debut The Dark Curse channels occult menace through punishing extremity. Bay Area death metal with a supernatural edge.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania doom metal project building their catalog in numbered volumes since 2023. The methodical, sequential release approach mirrors the patient, deliberate nature of their crushing doom.

Madera/San Francisco black metal project whose 2018 releases Collection of Old Filth and In Defiance pair raw aggression with lo-fi aesthetics. Splitting operations between Central Valley isolation and Bay Area intensity.

Lester, Alabama black metal project drawing from fantasy RPG imagery since 2023. Their full-length Labyrinthia and associated singles build a dungeon-crawling mythology through atmospheric black metal from rural northern Alabama.

Knoxville, Tennessee black metal project whose 2021 EP The Elders Present to Me channels ancestral mysticism through frigid extremity. East Tennessee's Appalachian folklore providing rich source material for atmospheric black metal.

Rochester melodic death metal project from the New York underground.