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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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Melodic death-black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Finnish capital.
Technical death metal band from Belgium, formed in 2023, blending intricate riffing with groovy slam passages. Their debut 'Validation Through Suffering' explores a sci-fi narrative of cosmic exploitation across eight compositions, produced by Christian Donaldson.
Death metal band from Herten in the Ruhr area, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver old-school death metal ferocity from the industrial heartland of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Death metal and grindcore band from Aachen, Germany, active since 2002. With over two decades of activity, Cause of Divorce grind out chaotic extremity from the westernmost city in Germany.
Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2012. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Death metal act from Falköping in Västergötland, formed in 2019. Causing Chaos channels death metal from the ancient burial mound region of western Sweden.
Death metal band from Dunfermline, Scotland, formed in 2024. They deliver crushing death metal from the Fife coast.
Death-doom act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2023. Caustic Vomit delivers corrosive, slow-burning extremity.
Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Munich, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with death-thrash aggression from the Bavarian capital.
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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.