Black-doom metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France, active since 2010. They merge black metal darkness with the crushing weight of doom.

Atmospheric black metal band from Auxerre in Burgundy, France, formed in 2022. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a raw black metal framework.

Black and death metal band from Bree, Belgium, formed in 2018. They merge the atmospheric hostility of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, operating from the Limburg province's underground scene.

Blackened death metal act from Verona, formed in 2019. Celebrarian delivers fierce extreme metal from one of northern Italy's most storied cities.

Blackened deathcore band from Kellinghusen, Germany, formed in 2015. They fuse the darkness of black metal with the crushing breakdowns of deathcore and death metal aggression.

Black metal act from Trondheim, active since 2000. Celebratum has been part of the Trondheim black metal scene for over two decades, contributing to the city's strong underground tradition.

CELESTE formed in Lyon, France in 2005, emerging from that city's hardcore punk scene and gradually fusing black metal harshness, sludge heaviness, and post-hardcore dynamics into an unrelenting and emotionally suffocating sound. The band released their debut full-length Nihiliste(s) in 2008 on Denovali Records and followed it with a series of similarly dense French-language records, before signing to Nuclear Blast for Assassine(s) in 2022. All of their albums carry stripped grammatical titles that function as singular aesthetic statements.

Black-doom-heavy metal act from The Hague, active since 2012. Celesterre crafts atmospheric, multi-faceted metal that bridges black, doom, and traditional heavy metal traditions.

Black metal act from Trondheim, active since 2008. Celestial Bloodshed delivered violent, uncompromising Norwegian black metal tied to the notorious Trondheim scene.