Part of Holland's dense concentration of metal talent, this act channels death metal and doom metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2021, based in Kampen, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.

Ipswich-based crust punk, death metal, and grindcore act, active since 1995 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Part of the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition, this act channels groove metal with a focus on neck-snapping grooves and mid-tempo crushing power. Formed in 2010, based in Stoke-on-Trent, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.

A product of the tiny nation at the crossroads of Germanic and Slavic metal, this Nova Gorica-based grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 1996, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on labyrinthine song structures built on chromatic riff mazes. Formed in 1995, based in Bologna, the focus remains squarely on devastating rhythmic impact.

The Dutch city of Eindhoven serves as headquarters for this groove metal and progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.

Trading in pure metallic intensity, this experimental act from Maryburgh traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2023, they've built a catalog that reflects the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition.

Heavy metal band with progressive influences from Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, active since 2005 — two decades of heavy metal from the historic city near Lake Baikal.

Thrash metal band from Mazyr, Belarus, delivering high-speed aggression from the southeastern corner of the country since 2012. Their industrial-sounding name reflects a mechanical, relentless approach to thrash metal riffing.