Progressive/death metal band from Paris, formed in 2021 and exploring the cerebral intersection of progressive complexity and death metal brutality. Their cortex-referencing name signals the brainy ambition of their approach.

Firmly rooted in progressive metal, this Ukrainian actfrom Kyiv delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages without compromise. They've been at it since 2019, and uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.

Progressive death metal project from Agno in Switzerland's Ticino region, formed in 2022 and exploring the technical and compositional possibilities of death metal. Their sound fuses intricate progressive structures with brutal death metal foundations.

Warsaw's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and progressive metal unit is among them — wielding labyrinthine compositions spanning multiple movements and moods. Their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Greek-born, Wales-based multi-instrumentalist active since 2005, best known as the creative force behind the funeral doom and atmospheric metal project Pantheist. His solo work under his own name creates atmospheric music "for black hearts," spanning ambient, neoclassical, and funeral doom across releases like Dark Flights and Chamber of Isolation.

When Kotiomkin emerged in 2014 from Martinsicuro (Teramo), they brought with them a sound rooted in doom metal, progressive metal, and stoner metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

Heavy/power/progressive metal band from Narpio in Ostrobothnia, formed in 2022 and blending three distinct metal styles. Their chaotic name suggests the unpredictable, genre-crossing energy of their ambitious sound.

Neoclassical/progressive metal project from Munich, active since 2010 and named after the Hopi concept of a world out of balance. Their compositions merge classical music's structural sophistication with progressive metal's technical ambition.

Progressive folk metal band from Oulu, active since 2010 and delivering over a decade of adventurous, culturally eclectic compositions. Their tongue-in-cheek name merges Cossack imagery with metal, reflecting a playful approach to folk metal.