Salt Lake City's Gallowbraid weave melodic black metal with folk sensibilities, conjuring vast, lonesome landscapes through sweeping guitar work and raw intensity. Active since 2010, they stand among the more distinctive voices in the American atmospheric black metal underground.

Out of York, Pennsylvania, Gallowglas bring a hard-hitting mix of groove metal muscle and metalcore urgency that locks in tight riffs with punishing momentum. Founded in 2018, they channel the bruising working-class energy of the mid-Atlantic into every track.

Minneapolis's Gallowglass Scourge traffic in the murky territory between melodic death and doom, piling on dirge-like weight while keeping the riffs precise and cutting. A young act formed in 2022, they've already staked out a sound that feels both crushing and purposeful.

Brutal Melodic Death Metal from College Station.

There's a fitting darkness to a black metal band forming in Salem, Massachusetts — and Gallows, active since 2021, leans into that cursed history with cold, uncompromising riffs and bleak atmosphere. Their music feels native to the witch-trial soil it grew from.

Gothic metal steeped in drama and dark romanticism from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Gallows Hill have been crafting their moody, hard rock-inflected sound since 2012. The coastal New England setting bleeds into the brooding character of their songwriting.

Seattle's Gallows Hymn blend progressive and folk metal into something intricate and emotionally expansive, threading acoustic textures through complex arrangements with patience and craft. Since 2019, they've occupied a thoughtful corner of the Pacific Northwest metal scene.

Lincoln, Nebraska's Gallows Majesty have kept traditional heavy metal alive in the Great Plains since 2009, drawing from the classic riff-forward playbook with conviction and staying power. They're one of the more durable acts in the Midwest underground.

A Texas project merging ambient texture with raw black metal hostility, Gallows Throne have cultivated a distinctly isolationist sound since 2014. The combination of vast atmospheric passages and icy aggression marks them as one of the state's more adventurous black metal acts.