Living Gate is a Belgian death metal band formed in 2020 by members drawn from some of Europe's most respected heavy bands: Aaron Rieseberg of American doom act Yob alongside Lennart Bossu, Wim Coppers, and Levy Seynaeve of Oathbreaker, Wiegedood, and Amenra. The project channels a shared love of classic, unpolished death metal into a deliberately raw and unfussy sound, debuting with the Deathlust EP on Relapse Records in 2020 and following up with their first full-length Suffer As One in 2024.

French death metal band from Paris, delivering old-school death metal aggression since 2013. Their name captures the decomposing, putrid essence of their death metal sound.

London-based death metal band active since 2009, delivering visceral brutality with unflinching themes. Their name signals the graphic, confrontational character of their death metal approach.

LIVLØS — the name is Danish for "lifeless" — is a melodic death metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2014 and shaped by the twin influences of Scandinavian melodeath acts like At the Gates and Carcass alongside American acts such as Death and The Black Dahlia Murder. Their debut Into Beyond (2018) was followed by And Then There Were None (2021, Napalm Records) and the concept album The Crescent King (2024), cementing their position as one of Denmark's more internationally visible entries in the melodic death metal field.

Norwegian black metal and ambient project from Skien, active since 2019. Their name, meaning 'lifeless' in Norwegian, captures the desolate, nihilistic character of their blackened ambient approach.

Swedish black/doom metal band from Halland, merging blackened fury with doom's crushing weight since 2007. Their name, meaning 'life denied' in Swedish, captures the nihilistic rejection at the core of their sound.

Spanish heavy metal band from Tarragona, forging traditional heavy metal since 2012. Their sound channels the genre's timeless formula of powerful riffs and commanding energy.

Swedish heavy metal band from Vange with remarkable roots stretching back to 1974, making them one of the oldest acts in this entire catalog. Their five decades of heavy metal mark them as true pioneers of the Swedish scene.

British stoner metal/rock band from Bradford, delivering groove-laden, riff-heavy compositions since 2013. Their reptilian name matches the slithering, low-slung groove of their stoner metal sound.