A 2025 Parisian groove metal and metalcore project, Personal War declares intimate combat through aggressive, rhythmically-driven compositions. Their French capital base connects them to a metropolitan scene where hardcore-adjacent metal thrives in small, intense venues.

Schwelm's Pictura has been painting progressive death metal canvases since 2020, their name reflecting a visual approach to sonic composition. Each release from this Westphalian project reads like a musical painting — layered, detailed, and rich with color.

Black and death metal band from Kranj, Slovenia, formed in 2014, named after the Latin cry for repentance. Over a decade of extreme metal penance from the Alpine city.

Death and thrash metal band from Surahammar, Sweden, formed in 2025, sharing their name with several iconic metal acts worldwide. They bring fresh death-thrash energy from the Vastmanland region.

Symphonic death and black metal band from Marseille, France, formed in 2019, combining orchestral grandeur with extreme metal ferocity from the Mediterranean coast. They bring cinematic scope to southern French metal.

Technical brutal death metal band from Tolyatti, Russia, formed in 2012, delivering brain-twisting technical extremity from the Volga automotive city. Over a decade of precise brutality.

Death and doom metal band from Lubartow, Poland, formed in 2015, exploring the boundaries between death metal's aggression and doom metal's crushing weight. They bring contemplative heaviness to the Lublin region.

Black and death metal band from Fredericia, Denmark, formed in 2023, dragging listeners into a mire of blackened death metal darkness. They represent the newest wave of Danish extreme metal.

Hamburg's Pill Eater has been crafting atmospheric black metal since 2009, making them one of the longer-running projects in the Hanseatic city's rich extreme metal scene. Their cascading compositions evoke the grey skies and restless waters of Germany's great northern port.