Melodic death/thrash/groove metal band from Hyvinkaa in southern Finland, formed in 2018 and blending three styles into a versatile, heavy sound. Their multi-genre approach draws from the full spectrum of Finnish melodic metal.

Progressive metal band from Sotkamo in the Kainuu region, formed in 2019 and named after the Helsinki museum of contemporary art. Their intellectually ambitious sound pushes metal's boundaries from the Finnish wilderness.

Moscow-based project with roots dating to 2011, evolving from RAC/Oi! and black/pagan metal origins into a metalcore direction. Their stylistic shifts reflect a restless creative arc across multiple phases of extreme and aggressive music.

Heavy/power/thrash metal band from Emmendingen near Freiburg, formed in 2015 and living up to their name with energetic, riff-driven metal that spans multiple classic subgenres. Their versatile approach pulls from power metal's grandeur, thrash's speed, and heavy metal's anthemic hooks.

Kid Kapichi formed in Hastings and built a reputation on sharp British alternative rock that pulls from punk, post-punk, garage rock, and working-class social frustration. Early material led into This Time Next Year, an album that introduced the band's combination of chant-ready hooks, thick guitars, and lyrics about boredom, austerity, masculinity, and everyday pressure. Here's What You Could Have Won expanded the band's reach with tracks such as "New England," featuring Bob Vylan, and There Goes the Neighbourhood continued the focus on social commentary while tightening the songwriting for larger stages. Kid Kapichi are not a metal band, but they fit punk and hard-rock-adjacent scope through riff weight, sneering vocals, and live force. Their music often works like a pub argument made rhythmic: direct, funny, irritated, and designed to be shouted back. What keeps the band from becoming one-note is the precision of the hooks and the sense that the anger is located in real places, not vague branding. Kid Kapichi's best songs make frustration communal without turning it into empty slogan rock.

Thrash metal and shred project from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2016 and built on blistering guitar virtuosity and high-speed riffing. Their name says it all: maximum shred delivered through a thrash metal framework.

Straddling the line between black metal and sludge metal, this Polish actfrom Kraków fuses glacial, punishment-dealing grooves wallowing in distortion into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2024, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.

Stoner metal band from Manchester, active since 2017 and channeling the fuzzed-out, riff-heavy sound that defines the stoner metal genre. Their approach emphasizes hypnotic grooves and massive distortion.

Sludge metal duo from Eisenstadt channeling death blues and stoner heaviness across releases like ignorance is bliss and step back, I'm 'bout to dance. Their mid-tempo, fuzz-drenched riffs grind through introspective song titles with a distinctly downcast atmosphere.