Berlin's Ploutonion emerged in 2022 with death metal named after the ancient Greek portal to the underworld. Their capital-city base provides access to Berlin's deep well of extreme metal talent, and their classical reference suggests lyrical ambitions beyond the genre's typical fare.

Madrid's Proclamation emerged in 2022 with a black-death metal assault that announces itself with the authority their name demands. Their capital-city base gives them access to Spain's deepest pool of extreme metal collaborators and venues.

Death metal band originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2020, later relocating across Poland and Turkey. Named after the Lovecraftian forbidden text, they bring cosmic horror-themed death metal across continents.

Death and black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2018, named after the Pnakotic Manuscripts from H.P. Lovecraft's mythology. They channel cosmic horror through blackened death metal.

Groove and death metal band from Czestochowa, Poland, formed in 2021, delivering infectious heaviness from the city famous for its Black Madonna shrine. They bring rhythmic aggression to the Lesser Poland region.

Active since 1999 from the small Toledo-province village of Segurilla, Profecía has been blending heavy metal with folk elements for over a quarter century. Their remarkable longevity in rural Castilla-La Mancha makes them one of the region's most enduring metal acts.

Named after the connecting rod in an engine, Wittgensdorf's Pleuel delivers heavy metal with mechanical precision since 2014. Their Saxon industrial-town origins and automotive namesake perfectly suit their piston-driving approach to classic metal.

Death and groove metal band from Lapinlahti and Iisalmi, Finland, formed in 2016, whose name means 'warriors of the north.' They bring battle-hardened death and groove metal from the Savo region.

Berlin's Ploutonion emerged in 2022 with death metal named after the ancient Greek portal to the underworld. Their capital-city base provides access to Berlin's deep well of extreme metal talent, and their classical reference suggests lyrical ambitions beyond the genre's typical fare.