The Hunchback is a heavy metal band from Brindisi, Italy, formed in 2018. They deliver traditional heavy metal with powerful riffs and dark thematic imagery from the Puglia region.

The Ivory Hawks from Málaga deliver melodic heavy metal and hard rock with the sun-bleached swagger of the Costa del Sol since 2018. Their soaring name captures the predatory grace they bring to hook-driven compositions from Andalusia.

The Ivory Tower is a heavy metal band from Athens, formed in 2020. Their music delivers classic heavy metal with the grandeur and ambition their fortress-like name suggests.

The Jack from Santa Perpètua de Mogoda near Barcelona play heavy metal with the workmanlike dependability of a lifting device — or the wild unpredictability of a playing card — since 2018. Their Catalan industrial-town origins ground their classic metal approach.

The Joker is a NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from London, formed in 2014. Their music pays homage to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with classic riffs, soaring vocals, and the raw energy that defined the movement.

The Jones from Paris have been crafting progressive heavy metal since 1992, making them one of the longest-running progressive metal acts in France with over three decades of output. Their everyman name belies the ambitious complexity of their compositions from the French capital.

The Killing Machine is a heavy metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, formed in 2025. They deliver hard-hitting traditional heavy metal from the Sardinian capital.

The Last Bastion is a heavy/thrash metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2025. As one of the newest additions to the Tyneside metal scene, they bring fresh energy to the classic heavy and thrash metal traditions.

The Legion of Doom is a heavy/groove/progressive metal band from Nottingham, active since 2011. Their music fuses the rhythmic power of groove metal with progressive complexity and traditional heavy metal hooks from the East Midlands.