MoonGod is a Union, New Jersey project formed in 2013 that straddles black metal, death metal, and deathcore — a combination that yields dense, heavy music with extremity coming from multiple directions simultaneously. The deathcore element brings a breakdown-ready low-end to what would otherwise be a straightforward blackened death framework.

Moonknight is a Louisville, Kentucky black metal band formed in 2016, committed to the genre's core aesthetic of darkness and cold menace. Louisville is not a typical black metal city, which tends to give underground acts there a certain self-reliant intensity.

Moonknight is a Wilmington, California black metal project also formed in 2016 and sharing a name with the Louisville band. A separate entity operating on the opposite coast, their Southern California base grounds them in an urban environment far removed from the icy landscapes black metal is typically imagined to inhabit.

Moonlantern is a San Diego raw black metal and dungeon synth project formed in 2018, occupying the atmospheric, lo-fi end of the underground where raw black metal and ambient synth work share the same physical and spiritual space. The dungeon synth dimension sets them apart from pure raw black metal acts, suggesting a project as interested in solitary introspection as in harsh noise.

Moonlapse is a progressive metal band from Fargo, North Dakota, active since 2015 in one of the more unlikely cities for the genre. Their sound reaches beyond the Great Plains toward the sophisticated, technically demanding progressive metal of bands that prioritize composition and arrangement over sheer brutality.

Moonlight Butchery is a San Antonio, Texas black metal act formed in 2014, representing the Lone Star underground's longstanding commitment to extreme metal. Their name suggests a violent, visceral take on the genre, uninterested in atmospheric subtlety.

Moonlight Butchery is a Toledo, Ohio atmospheric black metal project formed in 2014, sharing a name with a San Antonio band but working in a notably different mode. The atmospheric approach trades aggression for texture and mood, favoring vast, rain-soaked soundscapes over direct confrontation.

Moonlight Romantica is a Connecticut raw black metal project formed in 2024 that weaves gothic influence through its harsh lo-fi framework, creating music that is ugly and beautiful in roughly equal measure. The gothic element gives their sound a melodic, romanticist pull that works in tension with the rawness of the production.

Moonlight Spirit is a Virginia black metal project formed in 2024, part of the ongoing wave of new underground acts committed to the genre's traditional aesthetic of grimness and cold atmosphere. Their location in Virginia puts them in a region with a quietly active black metal underground.