The Prisoner from Paris craft black metal with the caged fury and isolation their incarcerated name demands since 2012. Over a decade of imprisoned extremity from the French capital has channeled confinement into hostile, atmospheric compositions.

The Rain is a doom/black metal band from Bielefeld, Germany, formed in 2020. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with black metal's cold intensity.

Blackened heavy metal band from Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, self-described as delivering blackened heavy metal with conviction. Their 2024 album Greatest Hits was mastered by Arthur Rizk and spans themes from Viking imagery and satanic occultism to sci-fi narratives.

Melodic death metal band from Burgas, founded in 2000 by veterans of the Bulgarian metal underground as a side project that gradually became their primary vehicle. Across four full-lengths—The Dawn of Nothingness (2005), Through Blood and Ashes (2008), The Neverending (2012), and Figment Paradise (2015)—they built a reputation as one of the most consistently compelling death metal acts Bulgaria has produced. The band is widely cited as among the most influential in the country's extreme metal history.

The Satans is a black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2008. They deliver dark, satanic black metal from the Finnish capital.

The Scars in Pneuma is a black metal band from Brescia, Italy. They create atmospheric black metal exploring themes of spiritual and psychological depth.

The Second Coming is a black metal band from Venice, Italy, active since 1999. As a veteran of the Italian black metal underground, they deliver dark, blasphemous extremity from the Venetian scene.

The Secret is a blackened crust/grindcore band from Trieste, Italy, active since 2010. They combine black metal darkness with crust punk's raw energy and grindcore's ferocious speed in a genre-defying assault.

The Sequel is a gothic/melodic black metal band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend gothic atmosphere with melodic black metal.