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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Atmospheric black metal act from Postojna, the karst cave city of Slovenia, active since 2007. Coldhand channels the subterranean darkness of the Karst region into expansive, atmospheric black metal.
Progressive atmospheric black metal project from Obninsk, a science city near Moscow, formed in 2020. Colorful Shadows blends contemplative progressive structures with black metal atmospherics.
Atmospheric black metal project from the UK, active since 2012. They craft vast, immersive atmospheres within a black metal framework.
Atmospheric black metal project from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine, active since 2015. Colotyphus delivers expansive, atmospheric black metal from the Volyn region.
Atmospheric black metal project from Finland, formed in 2016. They create vast, cosmic-themed atmospheres within a raw black metal framework.
Atmospheric black metal project from Scotland, emerging in 2025. They craft vast, contemptuous atmospheres within a black metal framework.
Atmospheric black metal band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2020. They craft spectral, immersive black metal from the East Midlands.
Atmospheric black metal project from Moscow, formed in 2017. Corpsetalk crafts expansive, contemplative black metal from the Russian capital.
Atmospheric black metal band from Bonn, Germany, formed in 2018. They craft spacious, celestial-themed black metal with dense atmospheric layers.
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European Metal Index is an index of European heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the European metal scene.