Brussels-based experimental metal act active since 2017, evolving from black/death metal origins into a haunting blend of post-metal and post-punk. Their 2021 album "Vide" was conceived as a claustrophobic journey recorded in apartments, a cabin, and on a rooftop during the pandemic.

Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2014, based in Chaplygin, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.

When Empty Life emerged in 2018 from Minusinsk, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.

Black metal act from Marseille, France formed in 2023. They channel dark intensity from France's Mediterranean port city.

Black/death metal act from Denmark, merging two of extreme metal's most aggressive subgenres since 2017. Their celestial name, referring to the highest reaches of heaven, provides striking contrast to the infernal depths of their sound.

When Empyrean Grace emerged in 2020 from Nijmegen, they brought with them a sound rooted in atmospheric black metal and black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.

Drawing from Nitra's musical fabric, this Slovak act forges Black Metal, Death Metal, and Symphonic Metal built on bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.

Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this black metal and death metal act from Cesena traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2011, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.

The Italian city of Cassano delle Murge (Bari) serves as headquarters for this atmospheric black metal and black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.