Heavy metal band from Oldenburg in northern Germany, forging riff-heavy, straightforward metal since 2016. Their no-nonsense approach delivers the powerful hooks and driving rhythms of classic heavy metal.

Brussels-based experimental metal act active since 2017, evolving from black/death metal origins into a haunting blend of post-metal and post-punk. Their 2021 album "Vide" was conceived as a claustrophobic journey recorded in apartments, a cabin, and on a rooftop during the pandemic.

Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2014, based in Chaplygin, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.

Drawing from Milan's musical fabric, this Italian act forges Folk Metal built on celebratory drinking-song energy fused with genuine heaviness. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.

Netherlands — doom metal and gothic metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2025, they deal in beauty-and-the-beast vocal contrasts over darkly atmospheric arrangements. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.

Part of Slovakia's modest but dedicated extreme metal community, this act channels death metal and melodic death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2019, based in Senica, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.

When Empty Life emerged in 2018 from Minusinsk, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.

Athens-based gothic metal and symphonic metal act, active since 2022 delivering lush keyboard atmospherics layered over crushing rhythmic power. Rooted in Greece's distinctively melodic extreme metal scene, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.

The Italian city of Ravenna 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.