Norwegian black metal band Taake is primarily the work of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist U. Høst, who founded the group in 1993 amid the rash of church burnings and other crimes virtually responsible for launching the scene.

ORKAN is a 4-piece thrash band hailing from the Bergen-area on the west coast of Norway.

Hellcats is an old school heavy metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia and is the first all - female metal band from there. It was formed by the sisters Sasha and Sonja Zagorc who have started to perform together in their childhood, when they were still in music school.