| Name | Genre | Herkunftsort |
| A SABLE OPIATE | Melodic Black Metal | Dortmund |
| ABYTHIC | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| AD UNUM OMNES | Black/ Extreme Metal | Essen |
| AERANEA | Doom/Gothic Metal | Essen |
| AGENDA | Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal | Wuppertal |
| ALIBI FOR A MURDER | Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore | Warendorf |
| ALUNITE | Metal/Rock | Castrop-Rauxel |
| ANGEL DUST | Speed/Thrash Metal (early), Melodic Power Metal (later) | Dortmund |
| ANGER | Thrash Metal | Dortmund |
| ANTILLES | Thrash Metal | Münster |
| ATTIC | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen/Lünen |
| AUßERWELT | Post-Black Metal | Münster |
| AXEL RUDI PELL | Heavy/Power Metal | Bochum |
| AXOLOTL | Melodic Death Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| AXXIS | Melodic Heavy/Power Metal | Dortmund |
| BACKFIRED.HATE | Death/Thrash/Groove Metal | Heiligenhaus |
| BAUMBART | Folk Metal | Oberhausen |
| BLACK MESSIAH | Symphonic Black/Folk/Viking Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| BLACK SPACE RIDERS | New Wave of Heavy Psychedelic Spacerock | Münster |
| BLODTåKE | Black Metal / Death Metal / Doom Metal | Oberhausen |
| BREAKWATERS | Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| CALIBAN | Metalcore | Essen |
| CALL OF CHARON | Deathcore/Metalcore | Bottrop |
| CARADRAS | Black Metal | Essen/Arnsberg |
| CARATUCAY | Melodic/Progressive Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| CELESTIAL MEISTERS | Doom/Post-Metal | Wuppertal |
| CORPORAL SHRED | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| COVEN CALL | Symphonic Metal | Dortmund |
| CROSSPLANE | Rock n Roll | Ruhrpott |
| CRYPTIC CROWN | Death/Thrash Metal | Velbert |
| CUSTARD | Power Metal | Herne |
| DARK MILLENNIUM | Progressive/Death/Doom Metal | Bad Fredeburg |
| DARKNESS | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| DAWN OF DESTINY | Power Metal | Bochum |
| DEAD IN PARADISE | Modern Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| DEATH BY EXILE | Death Metal | Dülmen/Coesfeld |
| DECAPTACON | Melodic Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DECAYING DAYS | Melodic Death/Doom Metal | Münster |
| DENOMINATION | Death Metal | Hagen |
| DEPARTURE FROM HELL | Metalcore | Münster/Lüdinghausen |
| DEPRAVED ENTITY | Straight Heavy Metal | Hagen |
| DESTROY THEM | Essen | |
| DEUS INVERSUS | Death Metal | Essen |
| DEVASTRUCTION | Thrash Metal | Dortmund |
| DIABOLIC NIGHT | Black/Speed Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DIAROE | Grindcore/Death Metal | Essen |
| DIPSOMANIA | Death/Thrash Metal | Dorsten |
| DIVERSITY OF DARKNESS | Symphonic Metal | Wuppertal |
| DRAUPNIR | Folk Metal | Münster |
| DROPBEAR | Groove Metal | Oberhausen |
| EAT MY BODY | Death Metal | Essen |
| EïS | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| ELURRA | Black Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| ERADICATOR | Thrash Metal | Lennestadt |
| ESCART | Ungeschminkt rumpellig-authentischer Heavy Melodic Thrash Groove Metal | Iserlohn |
| ESKIMO CALLBOY | Metalcore | Castrop-Rauxel |
| ETERNAL DIRGE | Death Metal | Marl |
| EVOKED | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| FAIRYTALE | Heavy/Power Metal | Recklinghausen |
| FERNDAL | Melodic Black Metal with Folk/Classical Influences | Münster |
| FINAL ERROR | Crossover/Thrash Metal | Lippstadt |
| FIRST TIME IN HELL | Traditionel Heavy Metal | Dortmund |
| FOMORIA | Symphonic Metal | Mülheim a.d.Ruhr |
| FRIGORIS | Pagan/Black Metal (early), Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal (later) | Essen |
| FROSTED UNDERGROWTH | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| FUTUREPHOBIA | Thrash Metal/Crossover | Unna |
| GLORYFUL | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| GOAT OF MENDES | Heavy/Folk/Pagan Metal | Hagen |
| GODMORGON | Death/Sludge Metal | Dortmund |
| GRABUNHOLD | Black Metal | Dortmund |
| GRAVE DIGGER | Speed Metal (early), Heavy/Power Metal (later) | Gladbeck |
| GREYDON FIELDS | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Essen |
| GRIM VAN DOOM | Sludge Metal | Wuppertal |
| HäXENZIJRKELL | Black Metal | Essen |
| HALLIG | Black Metal | Bochum |
| HARKON | Heavy Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| HATE FORCE ONE | Death/Thrash Metal | Geseke |
| HEIMDALLS WACHT | Pagan Black Metal | Ahlen |
| HELRUNAR | Pagan Black Metal | Münster |
| HERETIC WARFARE | Death/Thrash Metal | Münster |
| HEXER | Stoner/Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| HOPELEZZ | Modern Thrash Metal | Wuppertal |
| IMPARITY | Gothic Doom | Bochum |
| INSIGNIUM | Black/Death Metal | Hagen |
| INSTANT FIRST TRY | Metalcore | Bochum |
| IRON KOBRA | Heavy Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| JAMHEADS | Hard Rock | Velbert |
| JUSTIFY | Thrash-Metal | Essen |
| KADAVERFICKER | Sludge/Death Metal/Grindcore | Dortmund |
| KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS | Death/Black Metal | Dortmund |
| KILL REFLEX | Death/Thrash/Groove Metal | Bochum |
| KREATOR | Thrash Metal | Essen |
| KRIEGSZITTERN | Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| KRUD | Groove Metal | Schwelm |
| LAYMENT | Gothic Metal | Herne |
| LHOZE | Progressive Metal | Münster |
| LIFELESS | Death Metal | Dortmund |
| LUX SERPENT | Epic Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| LYRIEL | Folk Metal/Rock | Gummersbach |
| MAD MAX | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock | Münster |
| MAGOTH | Black Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| MAINSTREET | Heavy Metal | Wanne |
| MESSERSCHMITT | Speed Metal | Remscheid |
| METHHEAD | Thrash Metal | Haltern am See |
| MIKE AL BECKER | Rock | Schwerte |
| MISANTHROPE MONARCH | Death/Thrash Metal | Oberhausen |
| MORTALS PATH | Death Metal | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| MOSHCIRCUS | Thrash/Death Metal | Dortmund |
| NAXEN | Black Metal | Münster |
| NEAERA | Melodic Death Metal | Münster |
| NECROKNIGHT | Epic Heavy Death Metal | Münster |
| NIGHTBEARER | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| NIGHTFYRE | Heavy Metal | Münster |
| NIHILION | Melodic Death Metal | Münster |
| NO SHELTER (MS) ALBUM RELEASE & SUPPORT | Hardcore Metal | Münster |
| NO SUN RISES | Atmospheric/Post-Black Metal | Münster/Bielefeld |
| NUCLEAR MAGICK | Black/Death/Doom Metal | Essen/Bochum |
| NYKTOPHOBIA | Melodic Death Metal | Datteln |
| OBSCURITY | Pagan/Viking Metal | Velbert |
| OBSOLETE INCARNATION | Brutal Death Metal | Gummersbach |
| ONKEL TOM | Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| ONKEL TOM ANGELRIPPER | Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| OPTIMIST | Death Metal/Hardcore | Ruhr |
| ORAGE | Heavy Metal | Bochum |
| ORDEN OGAN | Folk Metal (early), Power Metal (later) | Arnsberg |
| ORPHALIS | Technical Brutal Death Metal | Dortmund |
| PAST MD | Heavy Rock | Oberhausen |
| PENROSE | Modern Metal | Remscheid |
| PESTLEGION | Black Metal | Marl |
| PHOBIATIC | Technical Death Metal | Essen/Bottrop |
| PLACENTA POWERFIST | Brutal Death Metal | Hamm |
| POWERSLAVE | Power Metal | Wipperfürth |
| PRISONER | Heavy Metal | Bergneustadt |
| RAGE | Heavy/Speed/Power Metal | Herne |
| RECKLESS MANSLAUGHTER | Death Metal | Herne |
| RED APOLLO | Atmospheric Sludge/Post-Metal | Dortmund |
| REFUGE | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Herne |
| ROTTING DEMISE | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| SABIENDAS | Old School Death Metal | Recklinghausen |
| SACRIFICE THEORY | Heavy/Thrash Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| SANKT VELTEN | Heavy Metal | Essen |
| SCANNER | Heavy/Power Metal | Gelsenkirchen |
| SCULPTOR VOID | Thrash Metal | Arnsberg |
| SELFDEVOURED | Death Metal | Wuppertal |
| SEMIWASTED | Alternative Rock | Witten |
| SKYCONQUEROR | Heavy/Power/Thrash Metal | Nordkirchen/Münster |
| SLIPPERY AFFAIR | Hard Rock | Gelsenkirchen |
| SODOM | Black/Speed Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later) | Gelsenkirchen |
| SOLAR FRAGMENT | Melodic Power/Heavy Metal | Dortmund |
| SOLARDRIFTER | Metalcore | Dortmund |
| SOMEWHERE IN NOWHERE | Heavy Metal | Werne |
| SOUL CAGES | Progressive Metal | Hemer |
| SPIKER | Heavy Metal/Hard Rock | Essen |
| STORMAGE | Heavy Metal | Attendorn |
| SULPHUR AEON | Death Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| SUPREME CARNAGE | Death Metal | Münster |
| SYMMETRIC ORGAN | Death Metal | Dortmund |
| TASKFORCE TOXICATOR | Thrash Metal | Münster |
| TERRORBLADE | Thrash/Death Metal | Münster |
| TERRORBLADE / WAYWARD DAWN | Thrash/Death Metal | Münster |
| TEUTONIC SLAUGHTER | Thrash Metal | Gladbeck |
| THE CLAYMORE | Power Metal | Castrop-Rauxel |
| THE NIGHT ETERNAL | Heavy Metal | Essen |
| THE VERY END | Groove Metal | Essen |
| THY SPELLCRAFT | Melodic Heavy Metal | Castrop-Rauxel |
| TIWAZ BOREALIS | Pagan Metal | Recklinghausen |
| TRACED BY ENEMIES | Metalcore | Oberhausen |
| TREIBSTOFF | Testosteron Metal | Dortmund |
| TSATTHOGGUA | Black/Thrash Metal | Marl |
| U.D.O. | Heavy Metal | Wuppertal |
| UNIVERSE | Melodic Heavy Metal | Wuppertal |
| VULTURE | Speed/Thrash Metal | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| WE ARE PERSPECTIVES | Deathcore | Bottrop |
| WE NEED A MEDIC HERE | Metalcore | Hagen |
| WENT BLANK | Death Metal | Oberhausen |
| WHEEL | Doom Metal | Dortmund |
| WICKED DISCIPLE | No Frontiers Metal | Bottrop |
| WORDS OF FAREWELL | Melodic Death Metal | Marl |
| ZWIELICHT | Black Metal | Wanne-Eickel |
