Brutal death metal and hardcore band from Perm, Russia, formed in 2025, combining brutal death metal heaviness with hardcore intensity. They represent the newest wave of extreme metal from the Ural region.

Funeral doom and death metal band from Smaland, Sweden, formed in 2015, whose crude name belies the crushing seriousness of their funeral doom. They bring glacial heaviness from the Swedish highlands.

Death metal, grindcore, and noise band from Selyatino, Russia, active since 2005, delivering two decades of filthy, noise-laden extreme metal from the Moscow Oblast. They are veterans of the Russian underground.

Thrash and death metal band from Upice, Czech Republic, formed in 2017, combining thrash metal velocity with death metal heaviness. They represent the crossover aggression of the Czech extreme metal underground.

Brutal death metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, formed in 2016, dealing in unrelenting brutality and sonic violence. They bring crushing Danish death metal to the European extreme metal circuit.

Progressive and technical death metal band from Rambouillet, France, formed in 2018, whose provocative name contrasts with the sophistication of their technical compositions. They deliver intricate progressive death metal from the Ile-de-France region.

Berlin's Placenta has evolved from death-thrash-groove origins into a more deathcore-oriented sound, reflecting the German capital's tendency toward genre mutation. Their stylistic shape-shifting mirrors Berlin's own constantly transforming cultural landscape.

Thrash and death metal band from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2017. They bring a punishing blend of thrash aggression and death metal brutality from the heart of the Balkans.

A 2023 melodic death metal project out of Fribourg, Plague Incarnate draws from the Scandinavian melodeath playbook — interlocking guitar harmonies, blast-to-groove dynamics, and cathartic melodic breaks. Their bilingual French-German Swiss setting adds a unique cultural dimension to their sound.