French black metal project formed in 2021, channeling dark, atmospheric compositions from the French underground. Their Egyptian-deity-referencing name adds ancient mysticism to their black metal vision.

Depressive black metal project from Kouvola in southern Finland, formed in 2014 and channeling Finnish melancholy through bleak, emotionally devastated compositions. Their abbreviated name adds clinical detachment to their deeply personal sound.

Black/doom metal band from Montpellier that evolved into atmospheric black metal since forming in 2012. Their over-a-decade evolution traces a path from oppressive doom-laden darkness to expansive atmospheric compositions.

Syktyvkar-based atmospheric black metal, black metal, and gothic metal act, active since 2005 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.

Black metal project from Lubeck in northern Germany, active since 2012 and channeling cold, northern European black metal from the Baltic coast. Their sound carries the icy austerity of Schleswig-Holstein's windswept landscapes.

Black/doom/death metal band from Ilmenau in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2013 and weaving together three distinct extreme metal genres into oppressive, multi-layered compositions. Their approach embraces the slow crush of doom alongside black and death metal's ferocity.

When Kaaboos emerged in 2022 from Sandefjord, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.

Finnish black metal project from northern Finland, formed in 2019 with a name referencing the polar night period (kaamos). Their sound channels the months-long Arctic darkness of northern Suomi into atmospheric black metal.

Smolensk-based atmospheric black metal and black metal act, active since 2018 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.