Depressive black metal project from Kouvola in southern Finland, formed in 2014 and channeling Finnish melancholy through bleak, emotionally devastated compositions. Their abbreviated name adds clinical detachment to their deeply personal sound.

Stockholm-based project formed in 2012 from the ashes of the influential Lifelover, blending depressive black metal with post-punk, psychedelia, and shoegaze. Their 2020 album Brand on Prophecy Productions features saxophone-fueled expanses and has drawn comparisons to 'the Velvet Underground of black n' roll,' with tracks spanning up to 17 minutes.

German depressive black metal project formed in 2020, channeling despair and emotional devastation through bleak, lo-fi compositions. Their name translates to "cold blood," reflecting the frigid hopelessness at the core of their sound.

Black metal and crust project from the West Midlands, active since 2013, evolving from early depressive black metal into a more aggressive black metal/crust hybrid. The shift reflects a move from introspective darkness toward the raw, punk-inflected fury of crust punk.

Nowa Sarzyna-based black metal and depressive black metal act, active since 2022 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most formidable metal communities, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.

Solo depressive black metal project from Prague with a prolific output of splits, EPs, and full-lengths including Anhedonie and V Nitru Melancholie. The Czech-language name translates roughly to "when you love her," setting the tone for deeply introspective, melancholic black metal.

Raw depressive black metal project from South London, formed in 2024 and exploring the genre's most emotionally bleak and sonically abrasive territory. The project dwells in the lo-fi, anguished end of the black metal spectrum.

Swedish depressive black/doom metal project active since 2016, exploring the intersection of depressive black metal's anguished introspection and doom metal's oppressive weight. Their sound channels deep emotional darkness through slow, suffocating compositions.

Olsztyn's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal and depressive black metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.