Sinner are a German heavy metal band formed by vocalist and bassist Mat Sinner in 1982. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene. Their latest album, Tequila Suicide, will be released in 2017.

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972 by Hans Ziller. In 1986, based on the advice of the record company and the management, the band changed its name to Bonfire. The original founder Hans Ziller is still in the band and is the only one who has the rights to the Bonfire name.

Gun Barrel is a German heavy metal band formed in 1998 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. Gun Barrel was founded by Guido Feldhausen and Rolf Tanzius and released their first EP Back To Suicide with the line-up consisting of Guido Feldhausen, Rolf Tanzius, Holger Schulz and Florens Neuheuser. They play traditional/old school heavy metal and they personally call their musical style "Power dive rock 'n' metal". So far they have released five studio albums, Power-Dive, Battle-Tested, Bombard Your Soul, Outlaw Invasion and Brace For Impact. Rolf Tanzius is currently the only original band member.

Axel Rudi Pell is a German heavy metal guitar player and his eponymous band. He started off with the band Steeler before leaving to start his solo career in 1989. During this time, he has played with such drummers as Jörg Michael and Mike Terrana, and singers Johnny Gioeli, Jeff Scott Soto, and Rob Rock.
SPV Records released a live DVD on 25 February 2008, titled Live over Europe, which includes the full performance from the Rock Hard Festival in 2007, and comes with a bonus disc which includes live footage from Pell's own archive.

Stormwitch is a heavy metal band from Heidenheim, Baden Württemberg, Germany, formed in 1981. They have been called "The Masters of Black Romantic" by their fans. The band's song lyrics often focused on fantasy, occult or historical themes, along with their contemporaries and countrymen Helloween. They performed at Wacken Open Air festival in 2002.Over time they have changed their sound from a Judas Priest-esque style of heavy metal to a more keyboard based form of power metal.

The band got signed by the US- label ATOM Records and is successfully representing Melodic-Rock: a US-tour, eight tours in the UK, a number of concerts at famous European festivals, airplay, TV-appearances on stations like BBC and much more. Additionally, they took part in the soundtrack of the film Little Alien, and in the beginning of 2012 their song 'Right or Wrong' was awarded by the British ROCK REALMS Magazine as 'Ballad of the Year 2011'. In 2013 the band released their version of the eighties-hit 'Smalltown Boy' (by Bronski Beat), that appeared in the charts. All of the revenues from this success were donated to the 'Room to Breathe'-campaign, and to the charity organization for the research and treatment of the immunodeficiency disease cystic fibrosis at the Nottingham City Hospital. In 2016, the band is going to release their third studio-album 'Reflections', which is was produced in Canada in cooperation with producer Harry Hess (Billy Talent, Muse, Harem Scarem) and do a promotion-tour through Europe, including a few concerts with Gary Howard (Flying Pickets, Alan Parsons Project).

Pink Cream 69 is a German hard rock/heavy metal band founded in 1987 in Karlsruhe, Germany by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine Metal Hammer 's newcomer competition in Ludwigsburg one year after forming. In 1994, Andi Deris left the band to join German power metal band Helloween. He was replaced by British singer David Readman.
The band, often referred to as The Pinkies, became a five-piece in 2003, when Uwe Reitenauer was hired to support neuropathic guitar player Alfred Koffler.
On 5 March 2012 it was announced that drummer Kosta Zafiriou had left the band, due to his various activities as a manager at the company Bottom Row and as the drummer and manager of the new band Unisonic, which also features Dennis Ward. He was replaced by band's good friend and longtime drum tech Chris Schmidt, who has previously played with Sunstorm project, Harry Hess' FIRST SIGNAL and more.