Depressive black metal project from Bisceglie, Italy, formed in 2017, channeling emotional despair through bleak, sorrowful black metal from the Adriatic coast of Puglia. Their straightforward name captures the desolate path of their music.

Würzburg's Phantom Winter deals in the heaviest end of the sludge spectrum since 2015, crafting monolithic compositions that move with tectonic force. Their Franconian winelands setting provides an ironic contrast to their suffocatingly dense sonic output.

Berlin's Pharao has been commanding the stage with heavy and power metal grandeur since 2013, their ancient Egyptian namesake reflected in regal compositions. The German capital's international metal community provides an ideal platform for their majestic sonic ambitions.

Blackened death metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2022, whose name references the early Church Fathers of Christianity. They deliver blasphemous blackened death metal from the Eternal City.

Progressive black metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 2013, crafting ambitious progressive black metal from the Irish underground. They bring cerebral complexity to Northern Irish extreme metal.

Depressive black metal project from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2023. Their debut recording Sleepless... Breathless... Dead is a single sprawling 17-minute track originally recorded in 2020, channeling atmospheric darkness and raw melancholy.

A veteran of the Lower Saxon thrash scene since 2004, Philistine has been delivering riff-driven punishment from the rural Diepholz district for two decades. Their Borstel origins make them one of the most enduring underground thrash acts in northern Germany.

Epic and melodic black metal band from Lulec, Czech Republic, formed in 2021, releasing their debut album Poupe through Slovak Metal Army and Immortal Souls Productions. Their eight-track record features compositions ranging from atmospheric passages to fierce black metal in the Czech language.

Black metal band from Turzovka, Slovakia, formed in 2014, delivering over a decade of sinful black metal from the Kysuce region. They bring dark intensity to the Slovak underground.