Hotchkiss is a heavy metal band from Aurillac, France, active since 2025 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.

Based in Yekaterinburg, this atmospheric black metal project has been a fixture of Russia's underground since 2025. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.

Heavy metal act from Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the French Pyrenees, newly formed in 2025. Their mistreated name channels classic heavy metal traditions from the mountainous southwest of France.

Thrash metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2015. Their high-octane thrash delivers aggressive speed and biting riffs from the Francophone Swiss metal scene.

HotWax are a Hastings-born alternative rock band whose music revives the physical rush of grunge, post-punk, and noisy guitar pop without sounding like a museum exercise. Built around Tallulah Sim-Savage, Lola Sam, and drummer Alfie Sayers, the group developed from teenage beginnings into a touring act known for direct, high-energy performances. Their songs use fuzzed riffs, quick melodic turns, and restless rhythms, often balancing a loose, almost garage-like force with hooks that are easy to remember. HotWax fit rock and punk-adjacent scope through the way they draw on heavy 1990s alternative music, post-punk invention, and grunge dynamics. Tracks from EPs and the album Hot Shock show a band interested in impact: bass lines are thick, guitar tones are abrasive, and the vocals cut through with a mix of cool restraint and sudden heat. There is youthful urgency in the music, but also discipline in how the parts are arranged. HotWax's strongest moments feel like a room getting louder in real time, with the band using familiar distortion and swing to create songs that are bold, kinetic, and built for close-range stages.

Heavy/power metal band from Diez, Germany, formed in 2020. Their anthemic sound delivers the soaring melodies and powerful riffing of classic German power metal from the Lahn valley.

Houle is a black metal project from Paris, France, active since 2022 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the France black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.

Hound is a psychedelic doom/stoner metal/rock band from Rome, Italy, active since 2011 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.

Melodic black metal project from Germany, formed in 2024. Their sound blends the ferocity of black metal with melodic sophistication in the Greek mythological tradition of their namesake.