French extreme metal band from Saint-Étienne, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from black/death metal toward brutal death metal and grindcore. They have become one of the most recognized acts in the French brutal death metal scene.

Doom/stoner/black metal project from Port Talbot in South Wales, active since 2020, describing their sound as lucid torture perpetuated by celestial forces. Their releases including Lurker of the Barathrum and Corrupt and Destroy channel dark, cosmic extremity across multiple related projects.

Atmospheric black metal entity from Porto, formed in 2016. Their sound envelops the listener in walls of reverb-drenched tremolo picking and shimmering ambient passages that dissolve the boundary between beauty and ferocity.

Solo thrash/black metal project from Port Talbot, created by Zaraza in 2022 under the banner of egregious blood rituals. The debut album My Revenge blends raw lo-fi black metal with blackened punk and crust, recorded and performed entirely by one person.

Cold, unrelenting black metal from Poland, active since 2012. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.

Black metal project from Stoke-on-Trent, active since 2013. They channel atmospheric darkness and bleakness through raw, uncompromising black metal from the English Midlands underground.

Black metal project from Stockholm, emerging in 2017. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Swedish origins.

Pagan black metal project rooted from Sweden, formed in 2019. Folk instrumentation and nature-worship themes intertwine with blast beats and tremolo picking, creating a bridge between old-world mysticism and modern extremity.

Cold, unrelenting black metal from Italy, active since 2017. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.