Pittsburgh's Plague Witch arrived in 2020 with a melodic black/death metal sound that balances scorching ferocity with sharp, memorable songcraft — dark and relentless without sacrificing hooks.

Profane Elegy are a black metal project from Pennsylvania formed in 2023, entering the underground with a name that promises both desecration and mourning in equal measure. Emerging in a state with a quietly fertile black metal scene, they represent a new generation taking up the cold, austere aesthetics of the genre and shaping them into something with a contemporary sense of dread.

Philadelphia's Profligate have been carving out cold, uncompromising black metal since 2012, drawing on the raw and atmospheric traditions of the genre to craft something austere and immersive. The band's longevity in the Philly underground speaks to a consistent artistic vision that resists commercialization, favoring atmosphere and harshness over polish. Over more than a decade of activity, they have developed a sound that reflects both the grey urban landscape they inhabit and the misanthropic spirit at the heart of American black metal.

Scranton, Pennsylvania's Prophet Isaiah came together in 2020 and occupy an unusual intersection of progressive doom, black metal, and heavy atmosphere that sets them apart from more rigid genre practitioners. The band treats the bleak industrial character of their northeastern city as emotional raw material, weaving slow, crushing doom passages with black metal dissonance and enough progressive ambition to keep the structure unpredictable.