A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Tula-based atmospheric black metal and black metal act channels frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Active since 2021, blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.

Straddling the line between black metal and symphonic metal, this Italian actfrom Milan fuses lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2019, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Black/death metal act from Kotka, Finland formed in 2022. They channel extreme metal darkness from the port city on Finland's southern coast.

Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2024, based in London, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.

Black, gothic, and symphonic metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece launched in 2024. They fuse multiple dark metal styles from northern Greece.

Udine-based black metal act, active since 2018 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.

Black metal project from Paris, France active since 2016. They explore misanthropic themes through raw black metal from the French capital.

When Endalok emerged in 2016 from Akureyri, 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.

Atmospheric black metal project from Basel, Switzerland, conjuring immersive, textured darkness since 2017. Their evocative name describes their musical mission: to transform brightness into shadow through layers of tremolo-picked atmosphere.