Brutal death metal band from Chur, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They deliver uncompromising brutality from the oldest town in Switzerland.

Bodyweb formed in Leeds in 2022, growing from late-night jams between musicians already embedded in the UK hardcore scene into a project that bends hardcore into stranger, more electronically damaged shapes. The band's debut EP train_wreck_simulation introduced a frantic, unstable style: jagged breakdowns, nu-metal swing, glitching textures, and vocals that treat heaviness as emotional overload rather than simple aggression. The later deadwired EP expanded the lineup and sharpened the band's identity, folding breakbeats, synthetic noise, ambient passages, and crushing guitar sections into songs that feel both physical and disorienting. Bodyweb's writing often moves between claustrophobic heaviness and warped melodic fragments, giving their tracks the feeling of a nervous system pushed past capacity. Instead of using electronics as decoration, the band places them inside the architecture of the music, where samples, distorted textures, and rhythmic interruptions collide with live amps and drums. Their work sits in the space between hardcore catharsis, nu-metal unease, and digital-age anxiety.

Black metal project from the Netherlands, emerging in 2022. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Dutch origins.

Finnish symphonic black metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2017. They pair orchestral bombast with black metal fury from the Finnish capital.

Finnish heavy metal and hard rock band from Mikkeli and Hirvensalmi, formed in 2015. They bridge classic heavy metal and hard rock from the eastern Finnish lake country.

Post-metal and post-rock band from Vienna, Austria, active since 2018. They craft expansive, atmospheric soundscapes that shift between delicate quietude and crushing heaviness.

Moscow-based raw black metal project active since 2022, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.

Kozani-based death metal act active since 2008, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.

Death metal outfit from Novorossiysk, formed in 2022. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.