Saint Petersburg-based industrial black metal project active since 2019, augmenting traditional black metal structures with mechanical rhythms and electronic textures. Their cold, mechanized approach creates an unsettling fusion of organic fury and synthetic precision.

Yekaterinburg-based raw black metal project active since 2015, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.

German ambient black/doom metal project from Hemer and later Dortmund, active since 2007. They layer ambient soundscapes over a black and doom metal foundation for an introspective, atmospheric experience.

Finnish black metal band from Vantaa, formed in 2021. They deliver bestial black metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Black and funeral doom metal act from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2020. They combine the bleakness of black metal with funeral doom's glacially slow and oppressive heaviness.

Drawing from the contemplative side of black metal, this Swedish project channels Malmö's spirit into sweeping, atmosphere-laden compositions. Since 2023, their recordings balance raw aggression with passages of fragile, melancholic beauty.

Belgian black/death metal power trio from Arlon, forging their raw sound since 2009 across four albums. Their 2025 album "Blutwurst" was recorded live in a single day without click tracks, embodying their self-described "Black/Death 'n' Roll" style with screaming tube amps and unpolished ferocity.

German progressive black metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, formed in 2013. They push black metal into progressive territory with complex compositions and unconventional structures.

Black metal project from Remich (early); Merzig, emerging in 2019. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Luxembourgish origins.