Death metal and melodic death metal act from Jyvaskyla, Finland that emerged in 2025. They bring fresh melodic extremity to central Finland's metal community.

A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Naples-based heavy metal and power metal act channels galloping double-bass rhythms and anthemic choruses. Active since 2018, uplifting harmonies and galloping rhythms form their core identity.

Death metal and grindcore act from Germany, delivering chaotic blasts of extreme sonic violence since 2020. Their approach fuses the guttural heaviness of death metal with grindcore's breakneck speed and brevity.

Active in London since 2022, this British act forges Black Metal built on corrosive riffing and misanthropic atmosphere. Frostbitten riffing and anti-cosmic lyrical themes define their output.

Eihwar is a French pagan folk and electronic duo from Toulouse, formed in 2023 by Asrunn and Mark. The project combines Nordic folk vocals, ritual chanting, shamanic percussion, and electronic trance production into what the band describes as 'Viking War Trance.' Despite their recent formation, they released the album Ragnarök in 2023 on Season of Mist and have performed at major European festivals including Wacken Open Air and Hellfest.

Pagan black metal act from the Oberhausen/Bottrop area of Germany's Ruhr region, channeling Norse mythology through raw black metal since 2014. Named after the stag in Norse cosmology that stands atop Valhalla, their sound carries the weight of ancient Germanic paganism.

Practitioners of death metal and thrash metal, this Polish outfit from Białystok has been refining their craft since 2024. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with raw determination.

Symphonic metal band from Montpellier, France active since 2003. Their extensive five-album discography includes Face Your Demons and Darker Chapter, building over two decades of orchestral metal from southern France.

Depressive black metal project from the Baltic coastal city of Stralsund in northeastern Germany, formed in 2025. Their name, meaning "a cold gust of wind" in German, captures the bleak, wind-swept atmosphere of their northern German depressive black metal.