Thrash metal band from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound delivers classic thrash metal aggression from the Portuguese capital.

Roman death/thrash metal band whose 2013 Prosthetic Records debut Drones of the Awakening was hailed as representing the next wave of Italian extreme metal. The eleven-track, 48-minute album delivers blistering technical precision across tracks like "Rise of the Orgamechanism" and "Dawn of the Promethean Artilect."

The Swedish city of Västerås serves as headquarters for this black metal, death metal, and melodic black metal operation, whose arsenal includes second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.

Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2013, based in Lecco, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.

The Italian city of Ancona serves as headquarters for this death metal, groove metal, and metalcore operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.

The Swedish city of Stockholm serves as headquarters for this progressive metal operation, whose arsenal includes Opeth-school dynamics married to modern progressive sensibility. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.

When Eyelash emerged in 2019 from Rome, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and power metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.

The Italian city of Pescara serves as headquarters for this black metal operation, whose arsenal includes corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.

When Eyelids emerged in 2014 from Valsinni (Matera), they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal and depressive black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.