Chris Harms is a Hamburg-based German musician and the founder of dark rock band Lord of the Lost, which he launched in 2007 as a solo project incorporating gothic metal, industrial rock, glam, and classical influences. Under that banner he has released over a dozen albums and toured Europe supporting Iron Maiden in 2022, before representing Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song Blood and Glitter. He released a debut solo album, 1980, on Napalm Records, exploring 1980s synth-pop separately from his work with Lord of the Lost.

Founded in Geneva in 1996, Impure Wilhelmina have spent three decades blending post-hardcore, metal, new wave, and dark rock into a sound marked by constant reinvention without loss of identity. Albums such as Radiation (2017) on Season of Mist and the early touchstones L'amour, la mort, l'enfance perdue (2005) defined their capacity to absorb disparate influences into cohesive, emotionally charged material.

Lord of the Lost was founded in Hamburg in 2007 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Harms as a solo project before expanding into a full band. Crossing gothic metal, dark rock, and industrial influences, the group has released a series of albums on Napalm Records, beginning with Fears (2010) and continuing through Judas (2022). They gained international attention when they represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the single 'Blood & Glitter,' an appearance that brought their theatrical brand of dark rock to a mainstream European audience.

Bristol, UK's NAUT took shape in 2016 and played their first show in September 2017, delivering drum machine-driven post-punk that fuses the atmospherics of 1980s cold wave with the energy of classic rock and metal. Their debut EP Raise the Lights preceded the 2019 EP Semele and the full-length debut Hunt (2022) via Season of Mist. The band's danceable yet abrasive sound balances synth-driven hooks with scything guitar work and propulsive bass.