Taint

As teenagers Taint formed in 1994's South Wales DIY punk/metal scene. After a string of formative demo cassettes the 'Die Die Truthspeaker' mini-album was released in 2000, on London's Household Name records. Playing national shows with such bands as Acrimony, Avail, Boy Sets Fire, Canvas, Capdown, Cathedral, Consumed, Converge, Clutch, Earth Crisis, Hard To Swallow, Iron Monkey, Stampin' Ground, Spirit Caravan and Will Haven gave the band great experience in honing their craft of sludge-y discordances and emotionally charged outpourings. 'Die Die Truthspeaker' garnered the band comparisons to such diverse bands as Black Sabbath and Slint, a precedent to the glut of derivative Neurosis-ites and post-rock/metal amalgams that are so currently en vogue, 5 years later.
http://www.taint.co.uk/new_home.htm

Knut

Complexly beautiful soundscape from Switzerland's Knut, ambient heavy metal. Formerly labeled as a "groove-oriented tech band," Knut change gears slightly with Terrafomer, propagating a more Neurosis-influenced tribal beat - sludgy riffs, slow tempos and atmospheric sounds - yet weaving back in their own math-y style. Repetition and trance-y beats frame the anguished, guttural vocals, with words that sound like they might be in English, or might not - it's hard to say!  Their perfection of hypnotic, heavy radiance puts them easily in league with the most sacred heroes of the genre.

http://www.hydrahead.com/knut/

Sika Redem
The West Midlands has always had a knack of being on the cutting edge of metal whether its with the forefathers of the genre, Black Sabbath, the early thrash of Napalm Death or it's newest hopes Sika Redem, who somehow manage to have more creativity in one ten minute track than most bands cover in a complete LP. Complex intricate rhythms combine with crushingly heavy riffs all containing a melodic edge that metal so often forgets about.

http://www.sikaredem.com/