Norwegian extreme progressive metal pioneers from Bekkestua/Bærum, recognized for precise technical musicianship across five studio albums and two EPs. Their 2005 album The Blueprint Dives earned a Spellemannsprisen nomination for Best Metal Album, and their sound has evolved from technical death metal through progressive death/thrash into alternative rock territory — culminating in the 2025 double LP Burial.

When Extorted emerged in 2020 from Ufa, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal, deathcore, and melodic death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.

Death/thrash metal band from Paris, France active since 2016. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the French capital.

Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels death metal and doom metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2021, based in Kampen, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.

Ipswich-based crust punk, death metal, and grindcore act, active since 1995 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 1995, based in Bologna, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.

The Polish city of Podkarpackie serves as headquarters for this death metal, doom metal, and experimental operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.

Death metal and progressive metal band from Caen in Normandy, France, launched in 2025. They bring fresh progressive death metal to the Norman metal scene.

Death metal act from Marche-en-Famenne in Belgium's Walloon region, delivering guttural extremity since 2011. Their name, evoking the shedding of an outer layer, mirrors their approach of stripping death metal down to its most visceral core.