The Light is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Lörrach, Germany, formed in 2014. They play classic heavy metal and hard rock from the upper Rhine.

The Losts from Lille deliver heavy metal from the northern French metropolis near the Belgian border with the disoriented energy their grammatically unconventional name suggests since 2013. Over a decade of output from Nord-Pas-de-Calais, they have carved out a space in the cross-border metal scene.

The Massacre Cave is a progressive heavy/thrash/groove metal band from the Isle of Eigg in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, active since 2012. Perhaps the most remote metal band in Britain, they take their name from a dark chapter of island history and deliver ambitious metal from a community of fewer than 100 people.

The Mirage from Vigo in Galicia deliver heavy metal and hard rock with the shimmering, illusory quality their name suggests since 2014. Their Atlantic-facing Galician port provides a unique setting for compositions that balance melodic accessibility with metal power.

The Mist is a heavy metal band from Trier, Germany, formed in 2013. They play traditional heavy metal from Germany's oldest city.

The More I See formed in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England in 2003 and built a reputation for precision-driven thrash metal informed by progressive touches and sharp modern production. The band's catalog on Earache Records includes the albums The Wolves Are Hungry, The Unholy Feast, Tread the Darker Path, and The Disappearing Humans, the last of which was mixed by producer Scott Atkins and mastered at Abbey Road. Notable for the contribution of guitarist Gizz Butt, the band were active until 2018 and represented a technical thread within the UK heavy metal underground.

The Necromancers from Poitiers deliver heavy and doom metal with hard rock roots and a death-magic concept since 2017. Their compositions channel the ancient art of communing with the dead from the historically rich city where Charles Martel halted the Moorish advance.

Founded in Wiesbaden, Germany in 2007 by vocalist Timmy Rough and drummer Urban Berz, The New Roses channel the hard rock tradition of the late 1980s with clear debts to AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, and Aerosmith. After adopting the name officially in 2012, the band signed to Napalm Records and achieved mainstream chart presence in Germany, with Nothing But Wild (2019) reaching number 10 and Sweet Poison (2022) reaching number 13 on the German album charts. A track from their early career was included on the German soundtrack for the TV series Sons of Anarchy. Their sixth album, Attracted to Danger, was released in 2024.

The Newborn Anger is a heavy/power metal band from Pistoia, Italy, formed in 2023. They combine power metal grandeur with traditional heavy metal muscle and energetic riffing.