Founded in September 2013 in Krems an der Donau, The Art of Fading play modern melodic death metal and deathcore, combining driving riffs and heavy breakdowns with melodic passages. They released their debut EP "Principles" in October 2014 and have performed alongside Evergreen Terrace and I Declare War, building their name in the Central European extreme metal circuit.

The Article is a melodic death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2012. They deliver melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work from the Hessian capital.

The Bearded Ones is a melodic death metal band from Neuruppin, Germany, formed in 2015. They play melodic death metal with dynamic vocal contrasts.

The Blessing Way is a melodic death/gothic metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2018. They weave gothic atmospheres and dark romanticism into melodic death metal structures with emotional depth.

The Burning Dogma from Bologna blend gothic metal with melodic death metal since 2010. Over fifteen years of heresy-consuming compositions from the Emilian university city — where the oldest university in the Western world resides.

The Course Is Black is a melodic death metal band from Heufeld/Rosenheim, Germany, formed in 2011. They play melodic death metal from the Bavarian Alpine foothills.

The Crestfallen is a melodic death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver melodic death metal from the Franconian capital.

The Cyon Project from Turin evolved from melodic death metal into heavy and stoner metal, reflecting a stylistic transformation since 2015. A decade of canine-themed compositions from the Piedmontese capital.

The Deathisodes is a melodic death metal band from Portsmouth, active since 2012. Their music channels the Gothenburg-influenced melodic death metal tradition through a British lens, delivering melodic guitar harmonies alongside aggressive vocals from England's historic naval port.