Progressive metal band from Chieuti, Italy, formed in 2021, crafting elaborate progressive metal from the remote reaches of Puglia. They bring ambitious compositions to the southern Italian metal scene.

Death metal band from Koszalin, Poland, formed in 2018, named after the mythological son of Helios who drove the sun chariot. They bring death metal fire from the Pomeranian coast.

Heavy metal band from Sindelfingen, Germany, formed in 2017, delivering battle-ready heavy metal from the Stuttgart metropolitan area. Their name evokes ancient military formations, matching the disciplined power of their sound.

Blackened death metal band from Pisa, Italy, formed in 2014, whose name references the moth family. They bring dark, winged intensity to the Tuscan metal underground.

Power and gothic metal band from Mutlangen, Germany, formed in 2013, combining the epic grandeur of power metal with the dark romanticism of gothic metal. Their dual-genre approach creates a dramatic and emotionally rich sound.

Black metal project from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2021, combining irreverent wordplay with serious black metal intensity. They bring sardonic wit and sonic darkness to the Tampere underground.

Death metal and grindcore band from Coburg, Germany, formed in 2007, bringing crude extremity and irreverent energy to the Franconian metal underground. They are a veteran act in the Bavarian grindcore scene.

Sludge, doom, and post-metal band from Falun, Sweden, formed in 2014, delivering crushing, phantom-like heaviness from the Dalarna region. Over a decade of spectral sludge.

Phantasma was an atmospheric death metal band from Košice, Slovakia, formed in 1992 and active until 2018. Their debut album Welcome in Heaven (1994) on Metal Age Productions introduced an idiosyncratic approach that incorporated ambient synthesizer textures and unusual samples into death metal structures, earning the band a reputation for bizarrely creative work within the Slovak metal scene. Subsequent albums including Jazz for Jesus, Jahve (1999), Gospel (2002), and Book of Phantasma (2010) continued to push the band's sound in unconventional directions over a twenty-six-year career.