Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels heavy metal and power metal with a focus on operatic vocal delivery over fleet-fingered guitarwork. Formed in 2016, speed and melody coexist in carefully calibrated balance.

Black metal project from Helsinki, Finland launched in 2020. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal from the Finnish capital.

Doom and stoner metal band from Essex, England active since 2016. They deliver crushing, fuzzy doom from the English home counties.

Straddling the line between heavy metal and power metal, this Italian actfrom Sarzana (La Spezia) fuses uplifting harmonic progressions and virtuosic instrumental interplay into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2012, and anthemic choruses and virtuosic solos define their approach.

Heavy metal and thrash band from Salo, Finland formed in 2019. They bring classic heavy metal power with a thrash edge from southwestern Finland.

A product of Portugal's atmospheric and doom-laden metal tradition, this Cascais-based groove metal and thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2015, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.

Doom, drone, and stoner metal project from the UK, active since 2015. They explore the heaviest depths of slow, massive metal.

Rising from Gothenburg's metal underground, this Swedish act forges Heavy Metal and Progressive Metal built on genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.

Heavy metal and power metal band from Northeast England, formed in 2021. They bring epic, powerful metal from the north of England.