Thrash metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2014, committing acts of thrash metal violence from the Portuguese capital. Their umlaut-adorned name signals classic thrash metal worship.

Progressive metal band from Paris, France, active since 2001, making them a veteran act in the French progressive metal scene. Over two decades they have honed their ambitious, technically demanding approach.

Melodic heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2021, treating their music as an endless study in melodic metal perfection. They bring polished melodic metal from Sweden's metal capital.

Death and thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2011, waging perpetual sonic warfare for over a decade from the Swedish capital. They bring relentless aggression to the Stockholm scene.

From the Hunsrück town of Kastellaun, Pinch Black has been forging black-death metal hybrids since 2018. Their remote Rhineland-Palatinate setting, surrounded by forests and medieval castles, provides natural inspiration for their dark sonic explorations.

Torrevieja's Pestilent Decay has been cultivating death metal on the sun-baked Costa Blanca since 2012. The contrast between their Mediterranean resort-town setting and their putrid sonic output captures the genre's love of subverting expectations.

Stollberg's Persecution has been merging gothic atmosphere with death metal weight since 2015, creating a sound rooted in the Erzgebirge mining region's dark history. Their Saxon base connects them to a rich tradition of German gothic metal that traces back to the genre's '90s heyday.

Metalcore and thrash metal band from Horsens, Denmark, formed in 2020, fusing the intensity of thrash metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of metalcore. They bring modern aggression to the Danish metal scene.

Progressive thrash and death metal band from Algeciras, Spain, formed in 2020, combining progressive complexity with thrash and death metal aggression from the southernmost tip of Spain. Their location near the Strait of Gibraltar infuses their music with a sense of crossroads energy.