Black/death metal band from Saint-Germain-en-Laye west of Paris, active since 2015. Their name channels extreme metal from the royal suburb of the French capital.

In Silence is a black/doom metal act from Oslo, Norway, active since 2010 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.

Gothic/melodic black metal band from Vantaa in the Helsinki area, active since 2010. Their Latin name — meaning 'in the silence of night' — channels dark atmospherics from the Finnish capital region.

In Slumber are a melodic death metal band from Linz, Upper Austria, founded in 2003 by multi-instrumentalist Wolfgang Rothbauer, who has remained the band's constant creative force across multiple hiatuses. After a thirteen-year gap, they returned with While We Sleep (War Anthem Records, 2022), a nine-track album mixing brutal death metal aggression with introspective melodic leads and themes of dreams and the subconscious.

Death/black/thrash metal band from Birmingham in the West Midlands, formed in 2019. Their triple-genre fusion channels extreme metal from the birthplace of heavy metal.

In Tenebriz is a ambient black/doom metal act from Moscow, Russia, active since 2012 and merging black metal's cold intensity with doom's suffocating weight. The project inhabits the darkest intersection of both genres.

In the Court of a Broken Flesh is a experimental black metal project from Poland, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

In the Frost is a black metal project from Poznań, Poland, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

Black metal band from Marseille on France's Mediterranean coast, active since 2018. Their sound channels atmospheric black metal from France's second-largest city.