German black metal project from Grunstadt that has been active since 2017, releasing material under the Bandcamp moniker Qayin Regis. Their discography includes the albums "Doctrine" and "Blackthorn," both steeped in liturgical and occult themes drawn from Latin ecclesiastical texts. The project maintains a dark, ritualistic aesthetic that permeates both its music and visual presentation.

Belgian black metal project that emerged in 2025 with the debut album "Ongodlike consten," an eight-track release featuring song titles drawn from archaic Flemish terminology. The album was mixed and mastered by Kryptkult Audio, with cover art based on John Hamilton Mortimer's "Incantation."

Black metal band from Maldegem, Belgium, whose name is Flemish for "evildoer." Formed in 2019, the four-piece lineup of Nuyt, Keere, Rys, and Taets released their debut album "Eternal Wolf" in a limited digipack edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. Their sound draws heavily from the uncompromising Scandinavian black metal of the 1990s.

German black metal project that released the album "Tiefe" in April 2019, a seven-track exploration of atmospheric and raw black metal blended with noise and ambient passages. Written and recorded between late 2018 and early 2019, the album was described as a bleak journey through disintegration and transformation. Physical copies were released as a limited edition cassette of 50 through Egregor Records.

One-man post-black metal project from Kaliningrad, Russia, formed in 2022 and remarkably prolific, with a deep catalog of releases including "Animi Magnitudo," "Symphony of Insignificance," and "Waves of Sorrow." The solo artist channels atmospheric melancholy and existential themes through layered post-black metal compositions, also maintaining connections to other projects in the Kaliningrad underground.

Portuguese black metal project from Lisbon, active since 2011, whose name translates to "He Who Burns." The project released the demo tape "Tumult" in 2011 followed by the ambitious full-length "Doctrine of the Six Regions: Succession Through Fire and Ondulant Tribulations" in July 2013, a six-track conceptual album chronicling cosmic chaos and extinction. Released through Nekrogoat Heresy Productions, the record features elaborate apocalyptic themes exploring universal decay across nearly 50 minutes.

Experimental doom/black metal band from Arcidosso (Grosseto province), Italy, active from 2002 to 2012. The four-piece of Munholy, Carlo Bellucci, Alessandro Marchionni, and Mike Marchionni released three records including their final album "Tell Him He's Dead" (2012), incorporating synths and samplers alongside crushing doom riffs. Their own epitaph reads: "Born in 2002. Three albums. A handful of tracks scattered in underground compilations. Some ultraheavy gigs in Italy. Died in 2012."

Atmospheric black metal and dark ambient project from Portugal, formed in 2024 and exploring the intersection of tremolo-picked extremity and brooding ambient soundscapes. As one of the newest entries in Portugal's black metal underground, the project channels isolation and darkness through layered, atmospheric compositions.

Black/thrash metal band from Blomberg, Germany, active since 2016 and channeling the raw aggression of first-wave black metal fused with the speed and recklessness of thrash. Their sound embodies the stripped-down, venomous spirit that has made the black/thrash crossover a staple of the European underground.