Thasaidon from France deliver death and doom metal named after Clark Ashton Smith's fictional dark god since 2021. Their weird fiction reference drives compositions of archaic, cosmic doom steeped in pulp-era horror literature.

The 11th Hour is a Dutch doom/death metal project founded in 2008 by Ed Warby, veteran drummer of Gorefest and Ayreon, who performs all instruments and clean vocals on the recordings. The debut album Burden of Grief (2009) featured guest harsh vocals from Rogga Johansson, and their second album Lacrima Mortis (2012) featured an expanded full-band lineup including former Gorefest guitarist Frank Harthoorn. The project is currently inactive, but its two albums stand as accomplished entries in the melodic death-doom tradition.

The Abbey is a Finnish doom metal quintet formed in 2021 around vocalist Jesse Heikkinen (Iterum Nata) and co-vocalist Natalie Koskinen of funeral doom act Shape of Despair, with the lineup completed by drummer Vesa Ranta (ex-Sentenced) and guitarist Janne Markus (The Man-Eating Tree). Their debut album Word of Sin (2023) on Season of Mist weaves ritualistic themes drawn from esoteric belief systems into a sound blending progressive doom, gothic metal, and dark rock. The combination of Heikkinen's and Koskinen's contrasting vocal approaches is central to the band's distinct identity.

The Aeons Torn is a black/doom metal band from Ulm, Germany, formed in 2018. They merge black metal's cold intensity with doom's crushing weight.

Gothic doom metal band from Baranovichi, Belarus, formed in 2018 by six members including dual vocalists Ulya Kotozhuk and David Kobain alongside a violinist. Their debut EP …Away from Luciferian Claws (2020), released via Meuse Music Records, was described by the label as 'monumental,' 'orchestral,' and 'overwhelming'—a slow, dark piece of theatrical gothic doom with eight equally developed tracks. The EP was mixed and mastered at Aesthetic Soundscapes Productions, with the band drawing on Russian and European gothic metal traditions.

The Arbiter is a death/doom metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2013. They merge the crushing weight of doom metal with death metal's aggression, creating slow-burning, oppressive heaviness.

The Austrasian Goat from Metz craft funeral doom and black metal named after the medieval Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, which was centered on their Lorraine hometown since 2012. Over a decade of glacially paced compositions, they have channeled the ancient Merovingian legacy of northeastern France.

Gothic/doom metal band from Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, The Avalon were formed in 1995 by Max Janofsky and Christian Kössler and contributed tracks to Austrian metal compilations including the "Xtraordinary — Neue Töne aus Salzburg" CD in 1997. After disbanding, the core members continued under the name Daylight Torn from 1999 onward.

The Bastards Diesel is a doom and sludge metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing, low-end heaviness blending doom's monolithic weight with sludge's abrasive textures.