Moonlight Seance is a black metal project from Petřvald in Silesia, formed in 2022. The project channels nocturnal occultism into atmospheric black metal from the Czech-Polish borderlands.

Moonlord is a black and death metal band from Langres, France, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce crossroads of black and death metal.

Moonshadow is a black metal project from the southeastern Polish town of Sanok in the Bieszczady region, active since 2015. The project channels the dark mountain forests of the Subcarpathian into atmospheric black metal.

A black metal project from the Agder region of southern Norway, Moonshrine has been crafting dark compositions since 2023. The project channels the spiritual imagery of their name into atmospheric black metal.

Moonsorrow is a folk, pagan, and black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2014. They channel the spirit of Finnish pagan metal through epic compositions drawing from Nordic folklore and mythology.

Founded in Lisbon, Portugal in 1989 as Morbid God before adopting the Moonspell name in 1992, the band grew from black metal origins into one of gothic metal's most enduring acts. Their debut album Wolfheart (1995) and follow-up Irreligious (1996) established their blend of atmospheric gothic metal with folk and black metal elements, and 2006's Memorial became the first Portuguese metal album to be certified Gold. The concept album 1755 (2017), sung entirely in Portuguese, recounts the devastating Lisbon earthquake and is considered among their most ambitious works.

A black metal project from Helsinki, Moonstruck has been crafting dark compositions since 2018. The project channels the madness-inducing power of the moon into atmospheric Finnish black metal.

A black metal project from Poznań, Moonthoth has been crafting dark compositions since 2007. The project channels the Egyptian deity Thoth's lunar associations into occult-themed black metal.

Moonthrone Golgotha is a symphonic black metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2024. They layer orchestral grandeur over fierce black metal from northeast England.