A product of Scandinavia's melodic death metal epicenter, this Stockholm-based death metal and melodic death metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2021, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.

Atmospheric doom/death metal band from Pombal in central Portugal, active since 2018. Their sound blends doom metal's crushing weight with death metal aggression and atmospheric depth from the Leiria district.

Death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, France active since 2005. With two decades of history, they are veterans of the Breton death metal scene.

Warsaw's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.

Black/death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland active since 2014. They deliver fierce extreme metal from central Finland's university city.

Part of Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community, this act channels brutal death metal and death metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 2014, based in Kyiv, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.

Norrköping's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this black metal and death metal unit is among them — wielding dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.

Death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Ales in the Gard department, France, active since 2018. They deliver diverse extreme metal from the Cevennes foothills.