Active since 2010, Bern's Polestar has spent over a decade refining their take on Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal. Their patient approach to releases suggests a commitment to quality over quantity, each output carefully honed within the Swiss capital's tight-knit metal community.

One-man melodic death and black metal project from Brest, Belarus, created by Robert (Enotovich) in 2020 as a continuation of the earlier Aztaroth project. All guitar parts are recorded by a single person, resulting in releases like Insomnia and Winter Is Coming.

Sludge, heavy, and death metal band from Riga, Latvia, formed in 2020, whose name means 'many-headed.' They deliver multi-faceted heaviness combining sludge, heavy, and death metal from the Latvian capital.

Gothic, death, and doom metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, active since 2008, whose Ukrainian name means 'wormwood field.' Over seventeen years of dark, atmospheric metal from western Ukraine.

Brunswick's Ponthiever brings Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal to Lower Saxony since 2022. Their Gothenburg-worship approach — harmonized leads over driving rhythms — finds a welcoming home in the historically significant ducal city.

Brutal death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2002, combining brutal death metal riffs with hardcore compositions and uncompromising drums. Their fourth album Faceless Atrocities features female vocalist Bara delivering savage vocal performances, released through Amputated Veins Records.

Death metal and grindcore band from Ukraine, formed in 2018, delivering extreme sonic violence from the Ukrainian underground. They bring grinding death metal intensity.

Death metal and hardcore band from the Netherlands, formed in 2011, whose provocative Italian name is among the most notorious blasphemies in the Italian language. They channel confrontational extremity through death metal and hardcore.

Experimental death and doom metal band from Sonta, Serbia, named after the blood disorder porphyria. They bring medically themed experimental extremity to the Vojvodina underground.