Zombofagus is a brutal death metal band from Larissa, Greece, formed in 2018. They channel relentless brutality through guttural vocals and crushing riffs, contributing to the growing Greek brutal death metal underground.

Zonal is a UK industrial dub and noise project formed in 2017 by The Bug's Kevin Martin and Godflesh's Justin Broadrick as a reformation of their 1990s collaborative outfit Techno Animal. The duo debuted with Wrecked in early 2020 on Relapse Records, a record made in collaboration with Philadelphia poet and performer Moor Mother, fusing crushing industrial textures with dub bass weight and confrontational spoken word. The project premiered live at the Unsound festival in 2017 and performed at Roadburn in 2018 before committing the collaboration to record. Wrecked stands as one of the more uncompromising industrial releases of its era.

Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 2014. They carry on the proud tradition of Swedish melodic death metal from the northern city that has produced numerous metal acts.

Zonderhoof is a stoner/doom metal trio from Cardiff, Wales, formed in 2006. Their instrumental sound features crushing riffs with unexpected twists, drawing comparisons to Keelhaul, Capricorns, and Neurosis, with releases including their self-titled EP (2007) and "Hakken!" (2011).

Zone Zero is a heavy metal band from Djurås, Sweden, formed in 2001. They play traditional heavy metal with decades of dedication to the classic sound.

Zoo is a heavy metal band from Lucca, Italy, formed in 2014. They play classic heavy metal drawn from the long tradition of Italian heavy music.

Zoofagus is a technical death metal band from Poltava, Ukraine, founded in 1996. As one of the longest-running technical death metal acts in Ukraine, they bring decades of experience to their complex, punishing compositions.

Zoophobia is a thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Florange, France, formed in 2022. Their sound combines rapid-fire grindcore blasts with the heaviness of thrash and death metal in a volatile crossover assault.

Zophrenia is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Strömsund, Sweden, formed in 2016. They fuse sweeping symphonic arrangements with melodic black metal from the remote reaches of northern Sweden.