October Tide is a band founded by ex-Katatonia guitarist Fredrik Norrman and vocalist Jonas Renkse, combining death and doom metal while maintaining a melancholic atmosphere through melodic elements in their heavy sound.

The Finnish band Shade Empire, which blends various subgenres of metal with their unique style, has been steadily and determinedly rising to the core of Finnish metal.

Cryptic Hatred is one of the hottest rising names in Finnish death metal, with a new album set to be released on July 5th. The upcoming album is fundamentally traditional death metal, with influences from various metal subgenres and hardcore, creating the band's unique cryptic death metal sound.