The Clockwork Deity from Brighton deliver an ambitious fusion of symphonic, technical, brutal death metal, and grindcore since 2017. Their name — suggesting a mechanistic god — drives compositions of divine complexity from the Sussex coast.

The Course Is Black is a melodic death metal band from Heufeld/Rosenheim, Germany, formed in 2011. They play melodic death metal from the Bavarian Alpine foothills.

The Crawling from Lisburn near Belfast deliver death and doom metal with the slow, ground-level horror their insectile name suggests since 2015. A decade from the Northern Irish city has produced crushing compositions that creep with deliberate menace.

The Crescent is a gothic/death metal band from the Neustadt/Klingberg/Futterkamp area of Germany, formed in 2019. They blend gothic metal's dark atmosphere with death metal's aggression.

The Crestfallen is a melodic death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic death metal from the Franconian capital.

The Cromptons is a death/thrash 'n' roll and doom/sludge metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012. They blend the grooves of thrash 'n' roll with doom and sludge's crushing weight.

Chișinău's The Cursed Strain fuse groove metal's rhythmic punch with death metal's aggression and deathcore's breakdowns, creating a heavy, multifaceted assault from Moldova's capital. Active since 2016, they are among the few Moldovan bands blending modern extreme subgenres.

The Cyon Project from Turin evolved from melodic death metal into heavy and stoner metal, reflecting a stylistic transformation since 2015. A decade of canine-themed compositions from the Piedmontese capital.

The Dark Overlords conjure blackened death metal from somewhere in Denmark, ruling over a domain of extreme darkness since 2021. Their imperious name drives compositions of commanding, overlord-worthy brutality.