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Eschatology of War (2021)
Featured Power Metal Album
Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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Twilight of the Thunder God (2015)
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Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, active since 2013. They blend melodic sensibilities with metalcore dynamics from Scotland's largest city.
Death metal band from Putten in Gelderland, active since 1997. Centurian has been a formidable force in Dutch death metal for nearly three decades, known for militaristic precision and relentless brutality.
Death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2019. They deliver crushing death metal from northern Finland.
Brutal death metal act from Izhevsk in the Udmurt Republic, active since 2014. Cephalic Impurity delivers punishing brutality from the Ural region.
Brutal death metal act from Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific port city, active since 2015. Cephalitis by Torture channels relentless brutality from the Far East.
Brutal death metal project from Moscow and Saint Petersburg, formed in 2024. Cepharea delivers punishing death metal from Russia's two largest cities.
Death-doom metal band from Brest in Brittany, France, formed in 2015. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the westernmost tip of France.
Experimental death metal band from Reading, England, formed in 2014. They push death metal boundaries through unconventional approaches.
Death-doom metal band from Herborn, Germany, formed in 2024. They merge the crushing weight of doom with death metal aggression from the Hessian Lahn-Dill 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.