Gothic metal and rock band from the Thurgau canton of Switzerland, active since 2010. They blend gothic metal's dark grandeur with accessible rock sensibilities.

NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal and hard rock band from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, formed in 2014. They carry on the tradition of classic British heavy metal with high-energy riffing and anthemic songwriting.

Melodic death/doom metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, active since 2013 with six releases spanning demos to full-lengths. Their sound ranges from classic gothic rock to crushing old school death doom, drawing comparisons to Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, and Anathema.

German melodic and progressive death metal band from Munich and Passau, formed in 2024. They weave progressive structures through melodic death metal foundations.

German technical deathcore band from Munich, formed in 2022. They push deathcore into technical extremity with precise musicianship and complex arrangements.

Sludge/post-metal band from Stoke-on-Trent, formed in 2014, described as ferocious but tempered with quiet introspection. Their album D U S T features three extended compositions spanning up to nineteen minutes, blending sludge metal weight with post-rock dynamics.

Gusev-based doom metal act active since 2017, crafting monolithic compositions built on slow-burning riffs and an atmosphere of pervasive heaviness. Their patient approach to songwriting lets each chord ring with crushing finality.

Manchester blackened sludge/doom band formed in 2023, delivering wave after wave of crushing sludge. Their self-titled debut features five tracks across thirty-seven minutes, culminating in the eleven-minute closer Black Sky, and has drawn over fifty supporters on Bandcamp.

Sheffield progressive metal band active since 2009, with releases including L'Etranger and The Sunless Country alongside splits with The Ocean Fracture and Naisian. They operate at the intersection of progressive rock and metal with atmospheric, post-rock-informed sensibilities.

Death/doom outfit from Thessaloniki, formed in 2017. Their music inhabits the oppressive space where death metal's aggression meets doom's suffocating weight.

Uppsala-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2014, delivering relentless blastbeat-driven punishment and guttural vocal extremity. Their compositions trade in the genre's heaviest currency: slamming breakdowns, inhuman vocals, and wall-to-wall brutality.

Finnish doom/black metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2014. They merge doom metal's crushing weight with black metal's wailing atmosphere.

UK post-black/doom metal project active since 2019, collaborating with Arx Atrata and Arx Silvestris. Their releases including Inundation, Fulmination, and Foundations explore elemental forces and natural cataclysm through dark, atmospheric metal.

Experimental black/death/heavy metal band from Guildford, active since 2013, self-described pioneers of new-wave easy-listening metal. Performing under theatrical pseudonyms, they blend avant-garde extremity with deliberately absurdist humor.

Heavy metal outfit from Sweden, formed in 2009. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.