Vordingborg's Pafund has undergone a remarkable transformation since 2015, evolving from depressive black metal and dark ambient into the gentler realm of dungeon synth. Their Danish island setting on Zealand lends a maritime melancholy to all phases of their creative output.

Depressive black metal project from Bisceglie, Italy, formed in 2017, channeling emotional despair through bleak, sorrowful black metal from the Adriatic coast of Puglia. Their straightforward name captures the desolate path of their music.

Würzburg's Phantom Winter deals in the heaviest end of the sludge spectrum since 2015, crafting monolithic compositions that move with tectonic force. Their Franconian winelands setting provides an ironic contrast to their suffocatingly dense sonic output.

Depressive black metal band from Ryazan, Russia, formed in 2010, exploring the dehumanization implied by their mechanistic name. Over fifteen years of depressive darkness from central Russia.

Depressive black metal band from Vladivostok, Russia, formed in 2015, channeling the isolation of Russia's Pacific coast through melancholic black metal. They bring a decade of darkness from the Far East.

Depressive black metal band from Russia, formed in 2024, whose Latin name means 'before death.' They channel pre-mortem despair through raw depressive black metal.

A 2025 death-thrash project from the Hessian town of Grünberg, Profet channels prophetic fury through riff-driven compositions. Their fresh arrival on the scene brings new energy to the central German extreme metal underground.