Bristol death metal and grindcore band formed in 2025. Their debut God Rot Your Soul delivers nine tracks of technical death-grind with literary horror themes drawn from Poe and W.W. Jacobs alongside dystopian imagery.

Malmö-based heavy metal and hard rock outfit active since 2003, blending classic heavy metal riffing with the swagger and groove of hard rock. Their sound channels the spirit of 1970s and 1980s arena rock through crunchy guitar tones and hook-laden songwriting.

Manchester stoner metal/rock band formed in 2011, compared to a blend of Clutch, Gypsyhawk, and The Sword. Their album Burning Mother delivers blistering riffs, melodic vocals, and classic rock guitar solos across ten tracks of stoner rock and sludge.

Thrash metal outfit from Como, formed in 2005. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.

German black metal band from Münster, formed in 2015. They deliver pestilent black metal from the Westphalian university city.

French goregrind band from the Île-de-France region, formed in 2017. They deliver revolting goregrind from the Parisian metropolitan area.

Spanish doom/death/sludge metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2017. They merge three crushing subgenres into a massive, suffocating wall of sound.

German heavy metal band with power metal elements from Petersberg, formed in 2013. They combine traditional heavy metal with the epic grandeur of power metal.

Blaze Bayley, the Tamworth-born vocalist best known as the frontman of Wolfsbane and as Iron Maiden's lead singer from 1994 to 1999. His extensive solo career spans albums from Silicon Messiah through Promise and Terror, showcasing his powerful and expressive vocal ability in the heavy metal tradition.