French black/thrash metal band from Grenoble, formed in 2015. They deliver owl-dark black/thrash from the Alpine city of southeastern France.

German black metal band from Lübeck, active since 2008. They channel the cold atmosphere of the Baltic coast into their black metal sound.

Finnish melodic death/black metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2015. They forge melodic extreme metal with the skill and precision of their namesake craft.

Spanish black metal band from Cuenca, formed in 2019. They forge black metal from the dramatic cliff-side city of Castilla-La Mancha.

Södertälje-based black metal act active since 2017, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Swedish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.

French black metal band active since 2010. They deliver storming black metal from the French underground.

Danish black metal band active since 2010. They deliver raw, stormy black metal from the Danish underground.

Rivolta d'Adda (Cremona)-based industrial black metal project active since 2016, 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.

London symphonic black/groove metal band formed in 2022, creating a fusion of modern black and death metal with epic cinematic melodies. Their 2023 debut album Who Will Live to Tell the Tale pairs a wall-of-sound metal approach with orchestral grandeur inspired by Nordic metal and film score composers.