The Ninth Gate is a black metal band from Wales, formed in 2023. Named after the Roman Polanski occult thriller, their music channels dark, esoteric atmospheres through black metal from the Welsh underground.

The Omega Swarm is an atmospheric death/black metal project from Germany, formed in 2024. They blend atmospheric textures with the aggression of death and black metal.

The One is a black metal band from Kremasti on the island of Rhodes, active since 2005. Their music brings black metal to the Dodecanese islands, channeling the Aegean darkness from one of Greece's most storied locations.

The Onset is a technical death/black metal band from Kiel, Germany, formed in 2016. They combine technical precision with the ferocity of death and black metal.

The Order of Apollyon from Truro in Cornwall deliver black and death metal under a name referencing the angel of the bottomless pit from the Book of Revelation since 2012. Over a decade of apocalyptic compositions from England's Celtic southwest has produced fierce, eschatological extremity.

The Order of Chaos is a black metal band from Thessaloniki, active since 2009. Their oxymoronic name reflects the organized fury of their black metal, bringing structured chaos to the northern Greek underground.

The Owls from Orlová blend sludge metal's crushing weight with the atmospheric expansiveness of post-black metal, creating a dense, layered sound since 2010. Hailing from the industrial Silesian coal region of the Czech Republic, their music mirrors the heavy, overcast landscapes of northeastern Moravia.

An Austrian black metal solo project started in 2017 by the musician known as S.M., The Path of All Flesh released a self-titled debut album around the Winter Solstice of that year, featuring four tracks of raw, stripped-down black metal recorded and performed entirely by S.M. The project operates independently and without label affiliation.

The Penitent is a Brussels depressive black metal project by Belgian multi-instrumentalist Déhà, conceived as a rawer and more direct extension of the emotional territory he explored in Ter Ziele and the funeral doom band Slow. The 2019 debut Before It All — a 66-minute, three-track record released on Musical Excrements — was composed during psychotic episodes between 2016 and 2019, with guest vocals from Nokt Aeon of Dymna Lotva.