I probably prefer Norway to USA, but I still have a lot of exploring to do and for the past 2 years I've been less checking out new bands, and more checking out unknown releases from known bands.
Germany and Sweden are also contenders when it comes to favourite black metal countries personally. I've heard Finland and Iceland are also good for bm, but I haven't really looked into them yet. My fav German bm band is Nocte Obducta, and while they're pretty folk/viking my favourite Swedish bm band is probably Manegarm.
These following countries aren't contenders due to lower (known to me) quantity of great bands, but Canada (Dark Forest, Mitochondrion), Austria (Summoning, Mondstille), Hungary (Thy Catafalque, Sear Bliss, Bornholm), France (Blut aus Nord), Switzerland (Samael), Italy (Janvs), Greece (Rotting Christ), Poland, Ukraine (Nokturnal Mortum), and Russia (Grey Heaven Fall) all have at least one black metal band I like quite a bit. I'm probably forgetting something, but that's it for now.
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