Thrash metal band from Algaida on the island of Mallorca, Spain, active since 2014. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Balearic Islands' underground metal scene.

Self-styled "Amsterdam Metal" band active since 2010, releasing the twelve-track Panopticon album exploring dark, introspective themes across songs like "Four Horsemen," "Sleepercell," and "King of Nothing." Their melodic death/groove metal approach balances heavy riffing with accessible songwriting.

When Epic Mind emerged in 2017 from Utrecht, they brought with them a sound rooted in progressive metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

Venice-based progressive metal act, active since 2017 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Prague-based slam and brutal death metal act known for their medically precise approach to extreme heaviness, active since 2012. Their releases including "Abhorrent Stench of Posthumous Gastrorectal Desecration" and "Putreseminal Morphodysplastic Virulency" showcase some of the genre's most elaborately grotesque song and album titles.

Heavy metal band from Jadranovo, Croatia active since 2013. They bring classic heavy metal from the Adriatic coast.

Power metal and symphonic metal band from Joensuu, Finland active since 2001. As one of eastern Finland's longest-running power metal acts, they have built over two decades of epic, orchestral metal.

Power metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2016. They deliver soaring, melodic power metal from the Finnish capital.

Underground to the core, this grindcore act from Lysychansk traffics in microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Since 2019, they've built a catalog that reflects Ukraine's fierce and unyielding metal community.