Black metal project from Finland active since 2017. Their Finnish-language name meaning 'Inhuman' reflects their misanthropic black metal vision.

Self-described "In Groove We Trust" metal band from Porto/Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal formed in 2004, delivering groove metal with doses of power, melody, and progressive touches. Their 2024 album Momentum — ten tracks produced at Raising Legends Studio and mastered by Max Tomé — showcases a mature groove metal sound built over two decades of Portuguese underground activity.

A product of Russia's vast and intense metal underground, this Saint Petersburg-based death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2014, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.

Power metal and progressive metal band from Pula in Istria, Croatia active since 2010. They deliver epic, technically ambitious metal from the ancient Roman city.

Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels thrash metal with a focus on crossover-tinged fury with punk's directness and metal's complexity. Formed in 2023, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, their approach channels the urgency of early Metallica and Slayer.

Sofia-based metal act that evolved from heavy/thrash metal origins into groove metal territory since 2014. Their stylistic shift reflects a move from high-speed aggression toward heavier, rhythmically driven compositions.

Melodic death/doom metal band from Suceava in the Bukovina region of northeastern Romania, active since 2010. Their sound fuses melodic death metal with doom metal's crushing pace from the medieval Moldavian citadel town.

Symphonic metal band from Iași, Romania formed in 2020, layering orchestral grandeur over heavy metal foundations. Their base in Romania's cultural and academic capital feeds into their musically ambitious approach.

Heavy metal and symphonic metal band from Nantes, France formed in 2021. They blend orchestral elements with melodic heavy metal from the Loire estuary.