Teska from Finistère in Brittany blend thrash, groove, and heavy metal from France's rugged western peninsula since 2016. A decade of output from the Land's End of the continent has produced compositions as weathered and forceful as the Breton coastline.

Tetractys is a groove metal band from Athens, active since 2016. Named after the Pythagorean triangular figure of mystical significance, their music channels mathematical precision through heavy, rhythmic groove metal.

The Black Hounds from Wolverhampton deliver heavy and groove metal with the pack-hunting intensity their lupine name demands since 2015. A decade of compositions from the Black Country channels the region's legendary phantom-hound folklore.

The Blackening from Pamplona in Navarra deliver thrash and groove metal with the corrosive intensity their name suggests since 2020. Their Basque Country-adjacent base infuses their riff-heavy assault with the fierce independence of northern Spain.

The Burning from Aarhus have been delivering a potent fusion of groove, death, and thrash metal since 2007, making them one of the longest-running extreme metal acts in Denmark's second city. Nearly two decades of output have cemented their reputation for riff-heavy, genre-blending aggression.

The Conflict Within from Ipswich deliver groove metal and metalcore with the internal-struggle intensity their introspective name demands since 2013. Over a decade from the Suffolk port town has produced compositions that wrestle with personal turmoil.

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 Florentine Camerata is a technical death/groove metal band from the Plymouth/Torbay area of Devon, active since 2014. Named after the Renaissance-era Florentine intellectual circle, they bring an unusually cerebral approach to technical and groove-oriented death metal.

The Gloria Scott is a groove/thrash metal/crossover band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2012. They fuse groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with thrash and crossover's speed.