Lazio / Abruzzo / Marche (early); Lazio/Abruzzo-based raw black metal project active since 2016, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.

Cold, unrelenting black metal from Castellamonte (Turin), active since 2015. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.

Finnish raw black metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2024. They deliver stripped-down, raw black metal from the Russian-Finnish border region.

Melodic death metal outfit from Slatina, formed in 2011. Twin-guitar harmonies and soaring lead work temper the brutality of blast beats and growled vocals, creating compositions that are both punishing and anthemic.

Finnish black metal band from Lappeenranta, formed in 2014. They deliver goat-themed black metal from the southeastern Finnish border region.

French black metal band from Poissy near Paris, formed in 2014. They channel horn-blasting black metal from the western Parisian suburbs.

Luleå-based black metal act active since 2024, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Swedish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.

Białystok-based liturgical black metal project founded by Krzysztof Drabikowski in 2015, performing in Church Slavonic with Eastern Orthodox schemas and iconography. Their debut Litourgiya became an instant underground classic, though a subsequent bitter schism split the project into competing factions before a 2024 court ruling settled the name dispute in Drabikowski's favor.

German folk/black metal band from Düsseldorf, formed in 2019, whose sound has shifted from folk-infused black metal toward a black/heavy metal hybrid. Their evolving style bridges pagan folk elements with traditional metal power.