Herezja is a black metal project from Bolszewo, Poland, active since 2025 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

Melodic power metal band from Fulda, Germany, formed in 2019, evolving to incorporate groove metal and metalcore elements. Their stylistic expansion demonstrates a willingness to push beyond traditional power metal boundaries.

Blackened death metal project from Dilbeek/Schepdaal, Belgium, formed in 2015. Their technically proficient approach fuses the blast-beat fury of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal in a relentless sonic assault.

Herida Profunda is a grindcore act from Poland, active since 2013 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.

Heriot formed in Swindon in 2014 and developed into one of the most exciting British heavy bands of the 2020s by making metalcore feel claustrophobic, industrial, and physically dangerous again. The group's early lineup built the foundation, but Debbie Gough's arrival in 2019 sharpened the band's identity through her guitar work, screams, and visual presence. Profound Morality announced Heriot as more than another revivalist act: the songs fused metallic hardcore, sludge weight, death-metal violence, and noise-scarred atmosphere into compact bursts of pressure. Devoured by the Mouth of Hell expanded that world with tracks like "Foul Void," "At the Fortress Gate," "Siege Lord," and "Opaline," allowing melody and ambience to appear without reducing the threat. Heriot fit metal scope directly through riff density, harsh vocals, extreme dynamics, and their place in contemporary heavy touring. What makes them stand out is control. The band understand space as well as impact, letting silence, feedback, and texture make the heavy sections feel even heavier. Their music sounds less like release than containment finally failing.

Heritage Steel is a doom metal act from Sweden, active since 2020 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.

Progressive death/black metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2020. Their complex compositions merge the brutality of death and black metal with progressive structures and unconventional arrangements.

An established progressive metalcore voice from Turku, contributing to Finland's underground since 2001. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.

Death metal and grindcore act from the Nancy-Épinal corridor in Lorraine, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of grinding assault from eastern France have cemented their place in the regional underground.