Spokane, Washington's Skovicus have been crafting black metal since 2015 in a city far removed from both the coastal scenes and the genre's Scandinavian origins — an inland Northwest project that brings a cold, self-reliant quality to their material.

Out of Valhalla, New York — a town whose name suits the project well — Skovtåge has been playing black metal since 2021, the Danish name (meaning 'forest fog') matched by music that evokes dim woodland atmospheres and old-world darkness.

Herndon, Virginia's Skraelinx (formed 2023) work a death/thrash hybrid that draws on Northern Virginia's proximity to both the D.C. hardcore tradition and the broader East Coast extreme metal underground, channeling aggression through a name referencing the Norse term for indigenous peoples encountered in Vinland.

A black metal project out of Raleigh, North Carolina, Skrekkblod emerged in 2024 with a name drawn from Nordic-inflected horror imagery — "skrekkblod" roughly translating to terror-blood. Their approach sits squarely in raw, stripped-down black metal tradition.

Formed in Seattle in 2022, Skrelle is a black metal act working within the Pacific Northwest's fertile underground scene, channeling the region's damp, grey atmosphere into cold and abrasive compositions.

Co-founded by Danny Lohner, who left to join Nine Inch Nails. Debut produced by Al Jourgensen (Ministry) outsold every other debut on the Metal Blade catalog. Reunited at SXSW 2011.

Vicious Thrash / Groove Metal from Corpus Christi.

A Wisconsin-based solo or small-group project born in 2025, Skreyja works in the depressive and atmospheric corners of black metal, leaning into bleak, immersive soundscapes over speed or aggression.

Sacramento's Skribble began in 2000 at the height of nu-metal's commercial peak, blending those chunky, down-tuned grooves with death metal's aggression — a trajectory that saw the band shed the radio-friendly angles in favor of darker, heavier material over the years.