Black metal band from Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, formed in 2023, named after the methamphetamine-based drug used in World War II. They channel chemical intensity through raw black metal from the Correze department.

Göttingen's Pit Viper has been striking with venomous thrash metal since 2021, named after the serpent family known for their heat-sensing aggression. Their university-town base belies the raw, street-level energy of their pit-ready assault.

Black metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2011, channeling nihilistic darkness through raw black metal. Their name captures the despairing worldview that permeates their music.

Pest is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1997 by Necro and Equimanthorn with a deliberate commitment to raw, orthodox black metal stripped of symphonic or progressive elements. The band released four studio albums — Desecration (2003), In Total Contempt (2005), Rest in Morbid Darkness (2008), and The Crowning Horror (2013) — maintaining a sound rooted firmly in the genre's early 1990s Norwegian and Swedish aesthetics. Their uncompromising approach attracted Season of Mist as a distributor and a dedicated following within underground black metal circles.

Pest Control are a Leeds crossover thrash band who bring hardcore economy and metal riffing into the same fast, hostile frame. Emerging from the United Kingdom's contemporary hardcore circuit, the band made a strong impression with Don't Test the Pest, a record that sounds deliberately compact, sweaty, and direct. Songs such as "Wake in Hell," "Don't Test the Pest," "Buggin' Out," "Enjoy the Show," and "Struck Down" move quickly, often keeping the tracks short while packing in galloping riffs, barked vocals, gang energy, and enough lead-guitar flash to make the thrash influence explicit. Year of the Pest and later activity reinforced the band's reputation as a live-first act, one that belongs as much to hardcore rooms as to metal festivals. Pest Control fit metal and punk scope at the same time because crossover is exactly their lane. Their appeal lies in momentum and attitude rather than technical excess. The songs hit, move, and get out, leaving the impression of a band that understands how to make old-school ingredients feel urgent in a current scene.

Finsterwalde's Pest Hole has been spewing crust-inflected thrash metal since 2014, bridging the gap between crossover aggression and punk's DIY ethos. Their Brandenburg base — named literally 'dark forest' — provides an appropriately grim setting for their filthy sonic assault.

Brutal death metal band from Hunedoara, Romania, formed in 2025, bringing fresh brutality from the Transylvanian industrial heartland. They represent the newest wave of Romanian extreme metal.

Allendorf's Pitfall has been laying sonic traps with black metal since 2012, operating from the Hessian countryside for over a decade. Their Marburg-Biedenkopf district setting provides the rural solitude that feeds their atmospheric, nature-influenced compositions.

Death metal band from Silves, Portugal, active since 2005, whose name means 'Black Plague' in Portuguese. Two decades of pestilent death metal from the Algarve mark them as veterans.