Heilige Sonne is a black metal project from Grand Est / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

Black metal band from Pontevedra, Spain, active since 2010. Their atmospheric sound channels the misty, Atlantic-facing landscapes of Galicia through raw black metal.

Founded in 2014 across Denmark, Germany, and Norway by Kai Uwe Faust, Christopher Juul, and Maria Franz, Heilung create what they describe as 'amplified history from early medieval northern Europe,' drawing on runic inscriptions, Iron Age texts, and ancient instruments including bone rattles and reconstructed weapons. Their studio albums — Ofnir (2015), Futha (2019), and Drif (2022) — are accompanied by immersive ritual live performances that have earned comparison to theatrical ceremony more than conventional concerts. The group composed the soundtrack to Senua's Saga: Hellblade II and performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2021, cementing their crossover appeal far beyond neofolk's traditional audience.

Black metal project from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of cold, atmospheric black metal have made them a fixture of the Lower Saxon underground.

Spanish band from Fuenlabrada, formed in 2019, evolving from heavy metal/hard rock into groove metal territory. Their stylistic shift reflects a deepening heaviness in their Madrid-area sound.

Spawned in Ufa's underground, this pagan black metal outfit channels russian ferocity since 2021. Icy melodies interwoven with blast-beaten fury characterize their output.

Pagan black metal band from Ahlen, Germany. Named after the Norse watchman god's vigil, they deliver atmospheric pagan black metal steeped in Norse mythology from the Westphalian heartland.

Black metal project from Bautzen, Germany, formed in 2017. Their sound emerges from the historic Sorbian-German border town in Upper Lusatia with dark, atmospheric intensity.

Ambient/black metal project from Legefeld/Weimar, Germany, formed in 2025. Their atmospheric fusion dissolves the boundaries between ambient soundscapes and black metal aggression from Goethe's hometown.