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Zaplaxa is a thrash metal and metalcore band from Ihtiman, Bulgaria, featuring a five-piece lineup fronted by vocalist Michael Masov. Their 2017 debut "When Dreams Become Brutality" is a hard-hitting 11-track album recorded at Soundlurker Studio, featuring guest vocals from members of 40 Days Later and ex-Insmouth.
Zapovit is a black metal band from Huliaipole, Ukraine, formed in 2025. They represent the latest generation of Ukrainian black metal, forging extreme music from a country with a deep tradition in the genre.
Zappainculo is a groove metal band from Ponte San Pietro near Bergamo, Italy, formed in 2017. Their EP "Born in Rage" (2017) delivers a "dirty mix of groove metal and suburban hardcore attitude," recorded at Il Fosso Records with engineer Diego Marchesi.
Zaprti Oddelek is a grindcore/crust punk band from Slovenia, formed in 2013. Their albums feature rapid-fire blasts recorded across Ljubljana and Nova Gorica, with physical releases distributed through multiple international underground labels.
Zaqqoem is a black/death metal band from North Brabant, Netherlands, formed in 2020. Their releases include the "Sacraccultus" EP and "...and Winter's Dregs Made Desolate," conjuring chaotic, abrasive extreme metal they describe as "a disintegrating boulder thrown into the pits of Hell."
Zaragon is a heavy/power metal band from Jönköping, Sweden, formed in 2000. As one of the longer-running power metal acts in Småland, they deliver epic, melodic heavy and power metal.
Zaratus is a Hellenic black metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020 by Bill Zobolas (ex-Thou Art Lord, Soulskinner) and Stefan Necroabyssius (Varathron, Katavasia). Their albums "In The Days Of Whore" (2020) and "Those Who Dwell Beyond" (2025) are steeped in the Greek black metal tradition, featuring over 50 minutes of immersive compositions.
Zaraza is a black metal band from Lublin, Poland, active since 1995, making them one of the veteran acts in the Polish black metal scene. Their decades-long commitment to the genre has established them as an enduring force in Eastern European extreme metal.
Zardens was a blackened death metal band from Mons-lez-Liège, Belgium, formed in 2012 and disbanding in October 2018. They released three albums, culminating in "Heretic Death Cult" (2018), recorded at Blackout Studio in Brussels and released through Unholy Fire Records.
Zareg is a black/death metal project from Granollers near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2012 and led by guitarist Regnet with session musicians. Their releases include "Extreme Nature" (2012) and the four-track "Thirst" (2018), exploring apocalyptic themes of resource scarcity and survival through aggressive blackened death metal.
Zargenzein is a stoner/doom metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2025. Their four-piece lineup delivers heavy stoner rock influenced by E-Wizard and Iron Maiden, with their debut release "Got Electricity?" embodying their motto of pure electric energy.
Zaria is a symphonic folk metal band from Medvode, Slovenia, formed in 2013. Their six-piece lineup has released five albums including "Where Adventures Begin" and "Tell the Wind," blending symphonic grandeur with folk metal storytelling.
Zarin is a technical brutal death metal band from Vitebsk, Belarus, formed in 2016. Their debut album "When The Time Goeth Mad" (2016) is a ten-track, 42-minute display of punishing death metal that has earned praise from the underground community.
Zarrot is a death metal band from Bytów, Poland, formed in 2020. They deliver punishing death metal from the Pomeranian region of northern Poland.
Zasłon is a black metal band from Tambov, Russia, formed in 2021. They deliver cold, atmospheric black metal from the Russian heartland.
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