Jouissance Morbide is a black metal band from Marseille, France, whose album Sublimation (2022) was recorded at Daemonicreation Studio. Their four-track release channels the raw intensity of French black metal through extended compositions including the eight-minute Sheol and Le ciel est mort.

Jumalhauta is a Finnish death metal band from Ylivieska whose releases including Yhdeksan Sairautta and Kuolinvirsi deliver crushing Scandinavian death metal. Their Finnish-language lyrics and raw approach to the genre place them firmly within the lineage of Finland's storied death metal tradition.

Juneau is a Belgian instrumental post-metal trio from Heist Op Den Berg, creating dark and heavy atmospheric music since their formation. With albums including 20/20 (2020), CLOAK (2021), and Scraps of the Final Lights (2025), the three-piece crafts immersive instrumental compositions blending doom, black metal, and post-rock elements.

Jurassic Leaf is an instrumental doom/sludge/stoner metal band from Lille, France, whose album Groovosaur (2016) delivers six tracks of crushing, groove-oriented instrumental metal. Their prehistoric-themed compositions have earned praise as an instrumental juggernaut of captivating, eye-melting chugs.

Black/doom metal band from Montpellier that evolved into atmospheric black metal since forming in 2012. Their over-a-decade evolution traces a path from oppressive doom-laden darkness to expansive atmospheric compositions.

Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this death metal, doom metal, and industrial metal act from Rovigo traffics in mechanical rhythms and electronic textures fused with metallic aggression. Since 2020, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.

Proof that the underground never sleeps, this doom metal, gothic metal, and progressive metal act from Kyiv traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2012, they've built a catalog that reflects Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community.

Black/doom/death metal band from Ilmenau in Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2013 and weaving together three distinct extreme metal genres into oppressive, multi-layered compositions. Their approach embraces the slow crush of doom alongside black and death metal's ferocity.

Doom/sludge metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, formed in 2023 and delivering crushing, low-tuned heaviness from the Pink City. Their deliberately archaicized name adds a dark, medieval atmosphere to their modern sludge.