One of Finland's most prominent melodic death metal bands, Omnium Gatherum have been active from Kotka since 2011, releasing through multiple labels and performing at festivals across Europe. Their extensive catalog includes New World Shadows, Beyond, Grey Heavens, and the 2025 album May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way, with festival dates booked through 2026.

Kaluga black/doom metal act active since 2015, fusing two of extreme metal's darkest styles from a historic city south of Moscow. Their decade of output has produced a body of work rooted in crushing heaviness and tonal bleakness.

Helsinki technical death metal act formed in 2020, contributing to Finland's increasingly prominent tech-death scene. Their approach favors precision, speed, and compositional complexity within a brutally heavy framework.

Zurich death metal act operating since 2008, known for technically precise and brutally executed compositions. With roots in Switzerland's largest city, they have had access to the country's most active metal scene and have developed accordingly.

Gothic metal project from Enniscrone in County Sligo, Ireland, formed in 2022. Their Greek-named project delivers gothic metal from the wild Atlantic coast of western Ireland.

Varazdin progressive/blackened death metal act from northern Croatia, active since 2020. Their fusion of progressive complexity with blackened death metal aggression represents the more ambitious end of the Croatian extreme metal spectrum.

Belgian darkwave and blackened gothic/doom metal project formed in 2024, blending ethereal darkwave textures with extreme metal heaviness. Their submissive name contrasts with the dominant darkness of their hybrid sound.

Budapest black metal/post-hardcore act formed in 2019, blending two seemingly incompatible styles into a cohesive whole. Their genre-crossing approach reflects the Hungarian capital's increasingly experimental heavy music scene.

Marseille's On the Edge throws together death, groove, thrash, and melodic death metal into a high-energy crossover that keeps one foot in old-school aggression and the other in modern heaviness. Their tight, riff-centric songwriting owes as much to Lamb of God and Gojira as it does to classic thrash.