German progressive death metal band from Fürth, formed in 2021. They weave intricate progressive arrangements into a death metal framework from the heart of Franconia.

Metalcore and melodic death metal band from Leyland near Preston, formed in 2022, described as one of Preston's heaviest. Their album Absolution Denied features a five-piece lineup delivering crushing metalcore with melodic death metal intensity.

Budapest-based technical death metal act active since 2021, weaving labyrinthine guitar work and shifting time signatures into their extreme metal framework. Their compositions demand both virtuosity and visceral impact, balancing cerebral complexity with gut-level heaviness.

Finnish melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Rovaniemi, formed in 2012. They deliver aggressive melodeath-thrash from the Arctic Circle capital of Finnish Lapland.

Solo death/gothic metal project from Guisborough in North Yorkshire, run by multi-instrumentalist Ian Lipthorpe since 1996. Across six releases spanning nearly three decades from Oakenshield through 2022's Legacy, the project weaves black, death, gothic, and melodic death metal into an evolving personal vision.

Legendary Birmingham death metal institution, active since 1989 and signed to Nuclear Blast Records. Across a discography spanning from 1990's Subconscious Terror through 2025's Ravage of Empires, they have helped define the old-school British death metal sound with rhythmic precision and unwavering heaviness.

Lendava-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2011, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.

French extreme metal band from Saint-Étienne, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from black/death metal toward brutal death metal and grindcore. They have become one of the most recognized acts in the French brutal death metal scene.

Finnish death metal band from Seinäjoki, formed in 2024. They deliver annihilating death metal from the South Ostrobothnia region.