Moscow depressive black metal project formed in 2024, among the newest entries in Russia's substantial DSBM scene. Named after a historical smallpox epidemic, their work channels disease-era despair through modern depressive black metal.

Black metal project from Perm, Russia, active since 2017. The project delivers cold, hostile black metal from the Ural foothills.

Atmospheric black metal project from Ireland, formed in 2025. The project channels Ireland's ancient landscapes through sweeping atmospheric black metal.

Sicilian black/thrash metal act formed in 2020, drawing on the island's long tradition of extreme metal. Their bone-vault name and Mediterranean island origins add a distinctly southern European character to their blackened thrash assault.

Black/death metal project from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2024. Their bone-themed name accompanies aggressive extreme metal from the Polish capital.

Tours-based Ostium dwells in the harrowing depths of depressive black metal, crafting anguished, slow-burning compositions that prioritize emotional devastation over aggression. Their bleak atmospherics and tormented vocal delivery evoke profound isolation and despair.

Otargos is a French black/death metal band founded in Bordeaux in 2001 by vocalist-guitarist Dagoth and drummer R.F. Lord Mysterium, forging a cold, mechanistic sound that balances industrial metal's austerity against blackened death metal's ferocity. The band built a steady discography across labels including debut Ten Eyed Nemesis (2005), Kinetic Zero (2007), Fuck God—Disease Process (2009), No God, No Satan (2010), and Apex Terror, signed to Season of Mist for later releases. Their thematic preoccupations — chaos, destruction, and the negation of divinity — are rendered through a calculated, unrelenting sonic attack.

Polish black metal project formed in 2023, contributing to the country's seemingly inexhaustible black metal underground. Their Polish name -- meaning 'abyss' -- captures the bottomless depth and darkness of their approach.

Dijon's Otium Adei inhabits the desolate intersection of depressive black metal and funeral doom, crafting glacially paced compositions drenched in melancholy. Their suffocating atmosphere and anguished vocals create an immersive experience of profound bleakness.