Birmingham's Onryo, named after the vengeful spirits of Japanese folklore, unleashes black metal with an unsettling, spectral quality. Their compositions carry an otherworldly atmosphere that channels supernatural dread through tremolo riffs and relentless blast beats.

A freewheeling experimental project from Paris, oOo defies genre boundaries by fusing black metal's abrasive textures with industrial electronics and noise elements. Their unconventional approach yields unpredictable compositions that shift between mechanical harshness and atmospheric drift.

Raw black metal project from the Netherlands, active since 2019. The project delivers lo-fi, abrasive black metal in the underground tradition.

German black/death metal band from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains, formed in 2021. Their name, meaning 'lack of transparency,' channels the impenetrable, obscure darkness of their extreme metal.

Legendary Italian extreme metal band from Biella, Piedmont, with a history spanning multiple eras and stylistic phases from gothic/doom/death metal to symphonic black metal. Opera IX are among Italy's most internationally recognized extreme metal acts, with their theatrics and occult themes defining a uniquely Italian approach to the genre.

German black metal band from Frankfurt, active since 2018 and channeling politically charged darkness. Their provocative name signals the confrontational, boundary-testing character of their Hessian black metal.

Spanish black metal project active since 2016, operating within the Iberian black metal underground. Their German-derived name, evoking sacrificial ritual, signals the severe, ritualistic character of their compositions.

Swiss atmospheric black metal band from Zurich, formed in 2023 and crafting ethereal compositions. Named after the biblical wheel-angels, their sound channels celestial, otherworldly atmosphere through black metal.

Greek act Ophidian merges black metal's cold atmospherics with doom metal's ponderous weight, creating a serpentine hybrid that coils between blast-driven aggression and slow, crushing heaviness. Their compositions inhabit a dark, oppressive sonic space.