Knoxville, Tennessee's Hag Bastard throws sludge, stoner, and doom into a single foul-mouthed brew that feels native to the American South's heat and humidity. Since 2022, they've been one of the more colorfully named acts in the region's underground.

Named after the rune representing hail and disruption, Hagalaz is a black metal project that fuses raw aggression with punk's irreverence, active since 2017. Their runic namesake suggests the chaotic and destructive intent baked into their music.

Chicago's Haggathorn emerged in 2019 as part of the city's active black metal underground, bringing the thorny, aggressive character their name implies to a scene more often associated with death metal. Cold, atmospheric, and unrelenting.

Bay Area mincecore purveyors Haggus grind through ultra-short blasts of noisy, lo-fi punk and grindcore that pay homage to the UK crust and mince traditions of Agathocles and Unholy Grave. With an absurdly prolific discography of splits and EPs, they are one of the most dedicated practitioners of the global mince underground.

New Jersey's Hagmug has been slouching through the swamps of sludge metal since 2015, their downtuned riffing and misanthropic crawl fitting perfectly within the genre's uglier traditions. A name that matches the music.

Salt Lake City's Hagraven channels the rowdy spirit of black 'n' roll — black metal's blackened edge colliding with hard rock swagger — since their 2023 formation. Against Utah's austere backdrop, they're a wild anomaly.

Tulsa's Hagswine has been wallowing in stoner and sludge metal since 2013, combining the two genres' shared appetite for fuzz, filth, and low-tuned punishment. Oklahoma may not be on the metal map, but they've been making a case for it for over a decade.

Santa Rosa, California's Haig Ozanian is both a solo project and a melodic death metal statement, active since 2022 and drawing on the Scandinavian-influenced style's melodic sensibility to craft songs that balance aggression with memorable hooks.

Out of Greenwood Lake, New York, Hail Batlord emerged in 2022 with a stripped-down, ferocious approach to black metal. Unadorned and unapologetic, they lean into the raw primitiveness the genre was built on.