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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 Erfurt, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh brutality to the Thuringian metal underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Barcelona, Spain, emerging in 2025. They deliver abrasive, grinding extremity from the Catalan underground.
Melodic death metal band from Naestved, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They blend melodic sensibilities with death metal aggression from the southern Zealand city.
Melodic blackened death metal act from Tula, south of Moscow, active since 2010. Cavandish has spent over fifteen years crafting melody-infused extreme metal from the historic arms-making city.
Brutal death metal act from Smederevo, Serbia, formed in 2025. Cave Disease brings fresh brutality to the Serbian death metal scene.
Brutal death metal project from Russia, formed in 2025. Cavemode delivers cavernous, punishing death metal.
Death-groove metal band from Zurita in Cantabria, Spain, active since 2009. They combine death metal aggression with heavy grooves from the northern Spanish coast.
Death-grind-industrial hybrid from Sundsvall on the Norrland coast, active since 2013. Cavevomit delivers a chaotic blend of extreme subgenres from central northern Sweden.
Death-doom metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2017. They combine the crushing heaviness of doom with the aggression of death metal from the Rhine Valley.
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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.