Progressive black-groove metal band from Lyon, France, formed in 2023. They blend progressive complexity with black metal darkness and heavy grooves.

Death metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2020 by members of Battalion, Suhrim, Butcher, and Warbeast Remains. With over twenty years of collective experience, their releases 'Sacrificial Death' and 'Suffering Eternal' deliver death metal played by seasoned veterans.

Black-death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2015. They fuse the raw aggression of black metal with the heavy brutality of death metal from the Rhine-Neckar region.

Black-thrash metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2014. They fuse black metal darkness with thrash aggression from the Greek capital.

Avant-garde black metal project from Russia, formed in 2020. Carnation Maze pushes black metal into experimental, unconventional territory.

Hungarian black metal project formed in 2021. Carnelian channels raw atmospheric darkness through a blackened lens.

Black-death metal band from Kitee in North Karelia, Finland, active since 2013. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the remote Finnish lakeland.

Blackened death-thrash outfit from Splitska, Croatia, formed in 2016. Carnilo delivers a volatile mix of blast beats, tremolo riffs, and thrash aggression.

Carnival in Coal formed in Amiens, France in 1995, conceived by vocalist Arno Strobl and multi-instrumentalist Axel Wursthorn as a collision of Mr. Bungle-style avant-garde absurdism and the brute force of death and black metal. The band signed to Season of Mist and later Earache's Elitist sublabel, releasing records including Viva La Vida (1999), French Cancan (1999), Fear Not Carnival in Coal, and Collection Prestige (2005). They disbanded in 2007 and briefly revived the project in 2014.