Black metal outfit from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina formed in 2020. Their releases Through the Infinite Corridors of Crippled Dreams and Projection of Suffocating Darkness explore oppressive darkness and existential anguish through unrelenting black metal.

Epic symphonic black metal solo project from Minsk, Belarus created by Olga Kann, blending furious vocals and melodic guitars with orchestral brass sections, keyboards, and traditional instruments like tagelharpa and kantele. Their releases The Endless Journey and Hall of the Dead draw lyrical inspiration from fantasy worlds including Tolkien, The Elder Scrolls, and Warcraft alongside themes of battles, mythology, and nature.

Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 2015. Withered Moon blends Scandinavian-inspired melodic death metal with atmospheric depth, bringing the Gothenburg tradition to the Hanseatic city.

Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Äänekoski, Finland emerging in 2025. Withered Petunia brings a fresh take on melodic aggression from the small central Finnish town.

Thrash metal band from Espoo, Finland active since 2006. Witheria has spent nearly two decades delivering aggressive thrash metal from Helsinki's western neighbor.

Progressive rock and melodic death metal project from Sweden. Witherscape blends the intricate arrangements of progressive rock with the aggressive melodicism of Swedish death metal.

Melodic death metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2023. Withersoil brings fresh melodic death metal to the Spanish capital, blending harmonic guitar work with aggressive extremity.

Heavy metal and rock band from Aarhus, Denmark active since 2016. Within Hate blends the power of heavy metal with hard rock's accessibility from Denmark's second-largest city.

Within Temptation formed in Waddinxveen in 1996 around Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt, first developing a gothic and doom-influenced symphonic metal sound before becoming one of the Netherlands' most internationally recognized heavy bands. Enter introduced the darker early style, but Mother Earth gave the band a broader identity through folk-like melodies, orchestral atmosphere, and den Adel's soaring vocal lines. The Silent Force and The Heart of Everything pushed the music toward larger symphonic arrangements and more direct metal hooks, while later albums such as The Unforgiving, Hydra, Resist, and Bleed Out incorporated modern rock production, electronic elements, and collaborations without abandoning the dramatic vocal center. The band's history is marked by scale: choirs, strings, cinematic intros, and arena-ready choruses are used to heighten songs rather than simply decorate them. Within Temptation's metal identity comes from heavy guitars and gothic tension, but their lasting signature is the union of dark romantic atmosphere, polished melodic songwriting, political urgency in later work, and expansive symphonic force while keeping den Adel's voice as the anchor.