Black metal and grindcore band from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, originally formed in 1995 under the name Gravity. Featuring members with ties to Ingrowing and Isacaarum, the band evolved from early black metal into grindcore territory, with releases including "The Forgotten Past" and "Wardenclyffe."

Experimental death/black/thrash metal band from Rouen, France, formed in 2011. The band pushes beyond conventional extreme metal boundaries by blending death, black, and thrash elements with experimental approaches, creating a volatile and unpredictable sonic identity.

Black metal project from Hungary, formed in 2014. The project explores the darker reaches of black metal with releases including "Seal of pain," drawing from diverse influences while maintaining an uncompromising extreme metal core.

Pagan black metal band from Blanzy, France, formed in 2022. The project channels pre-Christian European spiritual traditions through raw black metal, evoking ancient rites and seasonal darkness in their atmospheric approach.

Black/death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2019 with a misanthropic and Satanic lyrical focus. Their releases including "Misanthropic Impulse," "Satanic Fortification Overbalance," and the Swedish-language "Inverterat Korståg" showcase aggressive Swedish extreme metal.

Atmospheric black/folk metal band from Cheltenham, England, formed in 2018 and featuring Clare Webster on vocals and harp alongside Rob George on guitars and Sean Brazil on bass and violin. Their debut album "The Wood Beyond the World" weaves harp-laden atmospheric black metal with symphonic and neoclassical elements across nearly an hour of music.

French extreme metal band from Amiens, formed in 2023, whose evolution spans from early symphonic black metal to a later death/thrash metal approach. Named after a character from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga, the band's stylistic shift reflects a restless creative spirit within the French metal underground.

Black/death metal band from the Auvergne region of France, formed in 2017 with a fully DIY approach to their craft. Their debut EP "First Bloodshed" features six tracks of self-recorded, self-mixed, and self-mastered extreme metal, with compositions averaging seven minutes in length.