Veteran US power metal act formed in 1990. Toured 46 countries, including eight years performing for the Department of Defense entertaining troops worldwide.

Denver black metal project with five releases since 2018. Named after Burzum's infamous EP (itself Norwegian for 'ash'), their catalog — including Dead Christ Prayer and the split Pact Of The Black Goat — channels second-wave influences through Colorado's growing black metal underground.

Edmonds, Washington black metal project named after Scandinavian nature spirits, weaving Nordic folklore into Pacific Northwest atmospheric extremity.

Washington, DC black metal project whose 2026 debut Kollisjon — Norwegian for 'collision' — brings Scandinavian-language black metal to the American capital. Nordic aesthetics filtered through Beltway intensity.

Spokane death metal band bringing crushing heaviness to Eastern Washington's inland metal scene, operating far from the coastal hubs but with no less intensity.

Clinton, Kentucky heavy metal project with six releases since 2015. Named after the C.S. Lewis lion — or perhaps the Turkish word for 'lion' — delivering NWOTHM from deep western Kentucky, one of the most remote metal outposts in the catalog.

Denver black metal project named after the demon king. Three releases since 2014 including Dark Ides of Summer and Sanctuary build a catalog of occult-themed extremity from Mile High City's fertile black metal scene.

Phoenix death metal act delivering blistering extremity from the Valley of the Sun, adding to Arizona's growing reputation as a hotbed for brutal underground metal.

Allen, Texas death metal project from the DFW suburbs, contributing precise, technical brutality to North Texas's ever-expanding extreme metal community.