Florida's Gnosis acknowlege a lot of their influences with this album. Blasphemy, for a start.
Black Twilight Circle are a collective of Californian bands (can you call this album a compilation?) who are pushing the envelope when it comes to American black metal.
When Blake Judd (Nachtmystium/Twilight) formed Hate Meditation in 2003 his intention was to pay homage to the bestial black metal cult acts like <