Atmospheric black metal band from Faro, Portugal, formed in 2024, named after the English hill associated with the Lancashire witch trials. They bring occult atmospheric black metal from the southernmost reaches of Portugal.

Death metal and grindcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2015, delivering relentless blasts of extreme metal from the French capital. They are part of Paris's active and varied grindcore community.

Doom metal band from Mukachevo, Ukraine, formed in 2012, delivering over a decade of crushing doom from the Transcarpathian region. They bring slow-burning heaviness from western Ukraine.

A 2025 Parisian groove metal and metalcore project, Personal War declares intimate combat through aggressive, rhythmically-driven compositions. Their French capital base connects them to a metropolitan scene where hardcore-adjacent metal thrives in small, intense venues.

Schwelm's Pictura has been painting progressive death metal canvases since 2020, their name reflecting a visual approach to sonic composition. Each release from this Westphalian project reads like a musical painting — layered, detailed, and rich with color.

Grindcore band from Uppsala, Sweden, active since 2002, delivering over two decades of provocatively named extreme grindcore. They are veterans of the Swedish grindcore underground.

Raw black metal project from Italy, formed in 2024, combining irreverent provocation with raw black metal extremity. Their deliberately crude name signals an uncompromising approach to underground black metal.

Mühlau's Polaris has been crafting traditional heavy metal since 2012, tapping into the same vein of classic metal that fuels the Swiss scene's traditionalist wing. Their small-town origins belie a polished sound that holds its own alongside the country's more established acts.

Penitent is a Norwegian darkwave, gothic, and dark ambient project formed in 1994 in Stavanger by multi-instrumentalist Karsten Hamre as a vehicle for combining personal poetry with music. The project's debut album Melancholia appeared in 1996 on the Swedish Cold Meat Industry label, followed by The Beauty of Pain (1997) and a series of releases across several labels spanning neoclassical darkwave and symphonic black metal influences. Penitent has remained active for three decades, with remastered editions of early albums released via The Circle Music in recent years.