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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Avant-garde black metal project from Innsbruck, Austria, formed in 2017. They push the boundaries of black metal with experimental and unconventional compositional approaches rooted in the avant-garde tradition.
Depressive black metal project from Genk, Belgium, formed in 2019. Their self-titled debut spans seven tracks of anguished, atmospheric black metal across 38 minutes, exploring the bleakest corners of the genre.
Black-death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023. They channel chthonic darkness through extreme metal from the Greek capital.
Black metal project from Moscow, formed in 2020. Chthonian Abyss channels subterranean darkness through raw black metal.
Gothenburg black/death metal act formed in 2025, adding a fresh voice to Sweden's most storied metal city. Their extreme fusion draws from the darkest wells of both genres.
Blackened death metal project based in Wrocław with international membership, formed in 2022. Chthonic Cult channels subterranean darkness through aggressive extreme metal.
Black metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2017. They deliver chthonic, ritualistic black metal from the Cretan capital.
Raw black metal project from Nowy Sącz in Lesser Poland, formed in 2020. Chtonian delivers lo-fi, primitive black metal from the Sądecka Valley.
Black-death metal band from Denmark, active since 2008. They channel dark, ritualistic extremity through a fusion of black and death metal.
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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.