Kazan-based folk metal act active since 2006, weaving traditional melodies and acoustic instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. Their compositions bridge musical heritage with the power of electric amplification.

French progressive/post-metal project formed in 2019. They explore expansive progressive and post-metal soundscapes.

Como-based folk metal act active since 2020, weaving traditional melodies and acoustic instrumentation into a heavy metal framework. Their compositions bridge musical heritage with the power of electric amplification.

Welsh sludge/post-metal project founded in 2022 by multi-instrumentalist Robert Horsfall. Their 2023 debut Beddgelert is a single forty-four-minute track serving as a soundtrack to a thirteenth-century Welsh folk tale about the loyal dog Gelert, blending monolithic heaviness with hallucinatory calm, sung partly in Welsh.

Finnish post-metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2015. They craft expansive, atmospheric post-metal from the lake district of central Finland.

German post-metal band from Ilmenau in Thuringia, formed in 2015. They craft expansive, atmospheric post-metal soundscapes with a contemplative intensity.

Thessaloniki-based sludge/post-metal outfit active since 2018, building dynamic compositions that oscillate between abrasive sludge riffing and atmospheric expanses. Their music trades in tension and release, alternating quiet passages with crushing walls of distortion.

Finnish avant-garde/sludge/post-metal band from Turku, formed in 2020. They push metal boundaries through an experimental fusion of sludge, post-metal, and avant-garde elements.

Atmospheric and progressive sludge/post-metal project from Oostende, Belgium, active since 2013. Their demo "Hal," recorded at QWI Studios in Ichtegem, layers psychedelic textures over crushing sludge and post-metal dynamics.