Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal and death metal with a focus on tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Formed in 2016, based in Kaliningrad, raw production values serve the music's unvarnished intensity.

German black metal project formed in 2018, delivering cold, atmospheric compositions from the underground. Their minimalist approach strips black metal to its most essential, harrowing elements.

Bavarian black metal project formed in 2024, with a name meaning "coal-black" or "pitch-black" in German. Their sound channels the darkest extremes of the genre from the forests of southern Germany.

When Kohr emerged in 2012 out of Russia, 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.

Finnish black metal project formed in 2017, with a name meaning "stillbirth" in Finnish. Their morbid theme channels visceral darkness through raw, uncompromising black metal.

Devotees of black metal, this Polish outfit from Szczecinek has been refining their craft since 2022. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with absolute focus.

Black metal project from Toijala in southern Finland, active since 2013 and delivering over a decade of atmospheric compositions. Their Finnish name referencing birch trees roots their black metal in the Finnish woodland landscape.

Straddling the line between atmospheric black metal and black metal, this Russian actfrom Yekaterinburg fuses venomous shrieks over walls of distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2025, and the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.

Black metal and crust punk crossover from Linköping, Sweden, active since 2017. Their approach fuses black metal's tremolo-driven hostility with crust punk's D-beat aggression and anarchic energy.