Explore European Metal
Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/13 @ Fox Theatre Detroit, Detroit
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse European Metal Bands
590 bands found
Black/doom metal band from Portugal launched in 2025. Their sound merges black metal's cold hostility with doom metal's crushing weight.
Black metal project from Claix in the French Alps, launched in 2023. They bring atmospheric black metal from the mountainous southeast.
Depressive black metal project from Roost-Warendin in northern France, active since 2017. They explore bleak, sorrowful soundscapes from the mining country of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Raw black metal project from Portugal active since 2017. Their name — referencing the star Aldebaran — adds cosmic mysticism to an uncompromising raw black metal approach.
Black/death metal band from Joensuu, Finland formed in 2021. They deliver fierce extreme metal from the forests of Finnish Karelia.
Doom/black metal act from Berlin, Germany, whose name means "essence" in German, active since 2010. Their fifteen-year career has produced a catalog of crushing doom enriched with black metal's atmospheric darkness from the German capital.
Black metal, death metal, and grindcore act from Badalona near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2015. They deliver a punishing blend of extreme subgenres from the greater Barcelona metropolitan area.
When Esthesis emerged in 2020 from Kirov, they brought with them a sound rooted in black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Firmly rooted in black metal, this Russian actfrom Krasnodar delivers dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice without compromise. They've been at it since 2021, and atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
European Metal Index indexes hundreds of European heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse European death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse European black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for European thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse European metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse European hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for European metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
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.