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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death metal and grindcore band from Cantabria, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver grinding extremity from the northern Spanish coast.
Death metal band from Preston, England, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from Lancashire.
Gothic melodic death metal act from Milan, active since 2011. Crown of Autumn blends autumnal melancholy with death metal ferocity and gothic atmospherics.
Death metal band from the Horselgau/Tabarz area of Thuringia, Germany, active since 1994. With three decades of history, Crown of Creation are pioneers of the Thuringian death metal underground.
Blackened death metal project from Stockholm, formed in 2024. Crown of Decay channels dark extremity from the Swedish capital.
Death-groove metal band from Odense, Denmark, formed in 2018. They combine death metal aggression with heavy grooves from the Funen island.
Melodic death metal band from Graz, Austria, formed in 2017. Their releases including 'The Passing of Greed' and 'Speaker Of All Tongues' showcase their approach to the melodeath tradition from the Styrian metal scene.
Melodic death-groove metal band from Murcia, Spain, formed in 2014. They blend melodic guitar work with heavy grooves and death metal aggression.
Death-thrash band from Reggiolo in Emilia-Romagna, formed in 2018. Crownshard channels aggressive extreme metal from the Po 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.