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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Death/groove metal band from Challans in the Pays de la Loire region of France, formed in 2014. Their catalog includes tracks like "Devilicious" and "Wild Child," blending death metal heaviness with groove-laden rhythmic drive.
Death metal band from Bradford in West Yorkshire, active since 2017 and delivering the relentless heaviness and guttural intensity characteristic of the genre. Their sound channels death metal's most punishing elements through Bradford's underground scene.
Death metal band from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2017 and operating within the Welsh extreme metal underground. Their approach delivers cold, crushing death metal with technical precision.
Melodic death/black metal band from Hagen in Westphalia, formed in 2020 and pairing melodic hooks with extreme metal aggression. Their dual-genre approach blends accessibility with the darkness of black and death metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Nottingham, formed in 2023 and merging death metal's brutality with thrash metal's high-speed attack. Their sound sits at the aggressive crossroads where these two genres collide.
Melodic death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Sant Cugat del Valles near Barcelona, formed in 2022 and blending multiple aggressive styles. Their versatile approach draws from the full spectrum of modern extreme metal.
Death metal band from Malaga on the Costa del Sol, active since 2014 and delivering a decade of brutal extremity from Spain's Mediterranean coast. Their sound channels death metal's visceral power beneath the Andalusian sun.
Exploring the depths of black metal and death metal, this Italian outfit from Monfalcone (Gorizia) has been refining their craft since 2020. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with unwavering intensity.
Death/doom metal band from Helsinki, active since 2011 and delivering crushing, cavernous heaviness. Their name's deliberate misspelling of "crypts" signals the subterranean, tomb-like atmosphere of their death-doom.
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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.