Post-black metal band from Pechora, Russia active since 2016. Waveflow channels the remote, frozen wilderness of the Komi Republic into atmospheric post-black metal.

Funeral doom metal and ambient project from Angers, France formed in 2020. Named after the infamous sanatorium, Waverly Hills crafts oppressive, atmospheric doom steeped in horror and desolation.

Thrash metal band from Malle, Belgium that started in 2016 in Westmalle, Antwerp. Comprised of local scene veterans, they deliver what they describe as a blend of modern thrash, heavy, power, and industrial metal, though they prefer to call it simply "metal to the bone."

French avant-garde black metal band from Caen active since 2009, featuring Decay on drums, Hazard on guitar, Rust on guitar, and Vaerohn on bass. Their experimental approach incorporates violins, theremin, cellos, and unconventional percussions alongside dissonant black metal, with their EP Nam Kha exploring elemental themes of earth, water, and fire.

Heavy metal band from Göttingen, Germany active since 2014. Wayfarer delivers traditional heavy metal forged in the university city of Lower Saxony, channeling the classic European approach to the genre.

Formed in 1993 in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Waylander are among the earliest bands to forge Celtic folk instrumentation — tin whistle, uilleann pipes — into extreme metal, alongside contemporaries Primordial and Cruachan. Their 1998 Century Media debut Reawakening Pride Once Lost established the template, blending Irish folk melody with blackened aggression. Subsequent albums The Light, the Dark and the Endless Knot (2001) and Honour Amongst Chaos (2008) refined the approach across two different labels, cementing their reputation as foundational architects of Celtic metal.

Death metal and grindcore band from Budapest, Hungary emerging in 2025. Ways of Doom blends death metal's heaviness with grindcore's explosive brevity from the Hungarian capital.

Death metal band from Skanderborg, Denmark formed in 2015, delivering intense and relentless death metal through classic Marshall amplification with vocals ranging from abysmal growls to rotten screams. Their 2018 album Soil Organic Matter was produced at Dead Rat Studio in Aarhus and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Atmospheric post-metal band from Zürich, Switzerland founded in 2015, blending elements of doom, blackgaze, and atmospheric black metal into what they describe as "heavy, somber and ethereal" sound experiences. Their catalog spans four releases including Arbor, Ombreine, CYCLES, and zessa.