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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Crusher (Bonus Edition) (2015)
05/12 @ 1st SUMMIT ARENA at Cambria County War Memorial, Johnstown
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Death metal band from Kokkola, Finland, active since 2008. They deliver crushing death metal from the Ostrobothnian coast.
Melodic death metal band from St. Andrews, Scotland, active since 2013. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the historic university town.
Death metal band from Denmark, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh brutality to the Danish extreme metal underground.
Melodic black metal and death metal band from Goppingen, Germany, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through the darkness of black and death metal from the Swabian foothills.
Death metal band from Navia in Asturias, Spain, active since 2010. They deliver crushing death metal from the green, mountainous coast of northern Spain.
Death-thrash outfit from Venice, formed in 2018. Cattivator of Death — blending the Italian 'cattivo' (evil) with English — delivers aggressive extreme metal from the lagoon city.
Brutal death metal band from Nantes, France, formed in 2018. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Loire-Atlantique capital.
Death-sludge-thrash metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2012. They blend three aggressive genres into a fierce, heavy assault from Finland's third-largest city.
Death metal band from Espoo, Finland, formed in 2021. They deliver crushing death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
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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.