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Featured Album
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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Cold, unrelenting black metal from Katwijk aan Zee, active since 2019. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Death/thrash metal band from Penmaenmawr in North Wales, active since 2005. Two decades of aggressive thrash and death metal from the Welsh coast.
Swedish melodic thrash metal act active since 2020, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Death 'n' Roll outfit from Bucharest, formed in 2011. Their sound channels the full spectrum of their genre influences into a cohesive body of work that speaks to dedicated followers of heavy music.
German progressive death metal band from Berlin, formed in 2015. They layer progressive complexity and technical skill over a death metal foundation.
Stockholm-based thrash metal act active since 2017, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Swedish filter.
Spanish death/doom metal band from Vic in Catalonia, formed in 2024. They craft shrouded death-doom from the interior of the Catalan countryside.
Finnish melodic death/black metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2015. They forge melodic extreme metal with the skill and precision of their namesake craft.
German melodic death metal band from Marktheidenfeld, formed in 2015. They craft melodic death metal with precision and emotional depth from the Main-Spessart region.
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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.