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Featured Album
Global Flatline (Bonus Track Edition) (2024)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
De Doorn (2021)
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Death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the cultural capital of Saxony.
Death metal band from Plymouth, England, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing death metal from the Devon coast.
Blackened death metal project listed under Portugal, formed in 2020. Cosmic Conqueror delivers interstellar-themed extreme metal.
Brutal death metal act from Slovenia, formed in 2026. Cosmic Monstrosity represents the newest wave of Slovenian death metal.
Death metal project from Milan, formed in 2019. Cosmic Putrefaction has rapidly gained recognition for atmospheric, otherworldly death metal that channels Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
Genre-spanning extreme metal project from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2021. Cosmic Vision weave atmospheric black metal, death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive elements into an ambitious, multifaceted sound.
Progressive death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity.
Experimental brutal death-grindcore band from Lille, France, formed in 2019. They push extreme metal boundaries through chaotic, unconventional brutality.
Death metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2020. They deliver devouring death metal aggression from the ancient Swabian city.
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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.