Black metal band from Leiden, one of the longest-running acts in Dutch black metal with origins dating to 1993. Countess has spent over three decades as a stalwart of the Netherlands' black metal underground.

Funeral doom act from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, formed in 2023. Course of Sunrise crafts glacially slow, sorrowful doom infused with black metal atmospherics from the Volyn region.

Black metal band from Bradford, England, active since 2012. They deliver cold, intense black metal from West Yorkshire.

Milanese black metal cult operating between Lombardy and Tuscany since 2020, devoted to Satanism, hell, and black magic through raw demo recordings and split releases with acts like The Rite and Goat Semen. Their output includes covers of Beherit, Impurity, and Sarcofago, placing them firmly in the bestial black metal underground.

Atmospheric black metal project from Germany, formed in 2023. They craft swamp-themed atmospheric black metal steeped in nature and occult darkness.

Folk-infused black metal band from France, active since 2011. They weave folk elements and atmospheric layers through a black metal foundation.

Norwegian black metal project formed in 2020. Covetous channels dark, possessive themes through raw black metal.

German black metal project formed in 2022. They channel pandemic-era nihilism through raw, uncompromising black metal.

Black-sludge metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2014. They fuse the raw darkness of black metal with sludge metal's oppressive weight.