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ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Melodic death metal band from Hennef, Germany, active since 2006. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style death metal with heavy metal power.
Death metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2021. They deliver aggressive, guttural death metal from the historic Franconian city.
Death metal and deathcore band from Duisburg, Germany, active since 2007. They combine the aggression of death metal with metalcore's breakdowns and melodic elements from the industrial Ruhr region.
Melodic death metal band from Bristol, England, formed in 2019. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the West Country.
Melodic death metal band from Preston, England, formed in 2015. They deliver melodic, dynamic death metal from Lancashire.
Gothic death metal act from Dębica in southeastern Poland, active since 2007. Callahan has spent nearly two decades crafting dark, atmospheric extreme metal from Podkarpacie.
German melodic death metal band active since 1988. As one of the earliest German death metal acts, Callider are pioneers who helped establish the genre in the country's metal landscape.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Finnish lake district.
Death-doom metal band from Leipzig, Germany, originally formed in Chemnitz in 2008. Across releases from Doomsday through 2024's split with Urza, Calliophis craft intense atmospheres where epic melodies collide with dark soundscapes and crushing heaviness.
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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.