Progressive/post-black metal solo project from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2019 by the musician known as Y who handles all instruments. Their 2019 album "Dkvdnt" features three extended instrumental compositions recorded between 2016 and 2017, with drums laid down in Lyon, France and released as a limited 200-copy CD digipack.

Blackened doom metal project from France, formed in 2015. The band weaves together the oppressive heaviness of doom with black metal's bleak atmosphere, dwelling in the darkest corners of the French underground.

Black metal and folk project from Berlin, Germany, active since 2009 with a nature-themed aesthetic evident in albums like "Schamanensang" and "Natursang." The project draws from Germanic neofolk and pagan traditions alongside black metal, releasing numerous splits with artists like Pakiss and Die Nebelkrahe.

Atmospheric/industrial black metal project from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2017 with an extensive discography exploring themes of despair and memory. Releases including "Wasted Passages & Desolate Streets" and "Pain Made Flesh" blend industrial textures with atmospheric black metal across a prolific output of EPs and albums.

Depressive black metal project from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, formed in 2014 with a deeply introspective and melancholic approach. The project releases material in both Ukrainian and English, with album titles like "Doubts," "Introversion," and "Prison" reflecting the isolation and emotional weight characteristic of the depressive black metal tradition.

Folk/black/death metal band from Neunkirchen, Germany, founded in 2014 by Graf Branca von Menta and Davy Jones. Their releases including "Die Stadtpark Chroniken" and "EPos" combine folk metal storytelling with the aggression of black and death metal.

Black metal band from Venice, Italy, formed in 2012 by multi-instrumentalist Pietro Baldan who handles vocals, guitar, and bass. Evolving from early raw black metal into symphonic black metal territory, the project has released four records including the 2023 album "Lust For Domination," recorded entirely in Tenerife as a limited 30-copy CD run.

Black metal band from Enschede, Netherlands, formed in 2014 and named after the villainous character from Magic: The Gathering lore. The project delivers cold, unrelenting black metal from the eastern Netherlands underground.

Black/death metal act from Boom, Belgium, formed in 2025. One of the newest entries in the Belgian extreme metal underground, Ycon fuses the ferocity of death metal with black metal's atmospheric darkness across their early releases.