The True Endless is a black metal band from Novara, Italy, active since 2017. They deliver raw, uncompromising black metal rooted in the traditions of the Italian underground.

The True Hellfyre Warmachine from Reichenbach im Vogtland in Saxony forge blackened thrash metal with the infernal military precision their elaborate name suggests since 2016. Their sound combines black metal's atmospheric hostility with thrash's velocity from the eastern German Vogtland region.

Mayhem formed in Oslo, Norway in 1984, founded by guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth, bassist Jørn "Necrobutcher" Stubberud, and drummer Kjetil Manheim, and became the most notorious and influential act in the development of Norwegian black metal. The band's early lineups included vocalist Per "Dead" Ohlin, whose theatrical corpse paint stage persona and 1991 suicide deepened the band's mythology, and the subsequent murder of Euronymous by Varg Vikernes of Burzum in 1993 overshadowed the release of their debut De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (1994), now regarded as a foundational document of the genre. Surviving members reformed with new lineups, releasing Grand Declaration of War (2000) and Ordo Ad Chao (2007), the latter winning Norway's Spellemann Award for best heavy metal album. Attila Csihar has been the band's vocalist since the mid-2000s reformation.

The Unchaining is an atmospheric black metal band from Gorizia, Italy, formed in 2013. They create immersive, layered black metal with rich atmospheric depth from the Slovenian border region.

The Unconfessed is an epic black/death metal band from Larissa, formed in 2025. Their music channels unspoken darkness through the dramatic scope of epic extreme metal from central Greece.

The Victims Reincarnate channel blackened doom metal from somewhere in Germany, merging the atmospheric menace of black metal with doom's glacial heaviness since 2021. Their reincarnation theme suggests compositions concerned with cycles of suffering and rebirth.

The Vivian Coterie craft atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed British location as a collective since 2024. Their salon-styled name — a coterie being an exclusive artistic circle — drives compositions of refined atmospheric extremity.

The Water Witch from Yorkshire craft progressive black metal channeling the folklore of the water witch — a figure who divines hidden currents — since 2012. Over a decade of compositions from the Yorkshire moors has produced music as mysterious and powerful as the dowser's craft.

The Wings of Icarus from Plymouth deliver black metal that soars toward the sun with the mythological recklessness of Daedalus's doomed son since 2014. A decade of compositions from the Devon port city has channeled the Greek tragedy of ambition and hubris.