The Russian city of Yekaterinburg serves as headquarters for this atmospheric black metal and black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.

Practitioners of black metal, this Russian outfit from Chernyakhovsk has been refining their craft since 2018. Their sound hinges on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere, delivered with unshakable resolve.

Östersund-based folk metal and symphonic metal act, active since 2021 delivering lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.

The Swedish city of Stockholm serves as headquarters for this death metal operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.

Firmly rooted in folk metal, this Russian actfrom Moscow delivers regional folk traditions amplified through distortion and blast beats without compromise. They've been at it since 2013, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Atmospheric black metal act from Copenhagen, Denmark, channeling Norse mythology through immersive, textured compositions since 2010. Named after the hall of the dead in Norse cosmology, their sound carries the weight of Viking-age darkness.

Norrland's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this heavy metal and pagan metal unit is among them — wielding pre-Christian themes and folk instrumentation over extreme metal foundations. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

When Eldprov emerged in 2020 from Gällivare, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal, death metal, and thrash metal — all frigid atmospherics and razor-wire guitar tone. Blast beats and shrieked vocals create an impenetrable wall of darkness.

Black metal project from Karlovac, Croatia active since 2016. They channel dark intensity from the central Croatian city.