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Featured Album
Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA “De zotte morgen” (written by Zjef Vanuytsel) (2020)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Groove-thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They combine heavy grooves with thrash speed from the Finnish capital.
Death-groove act from the Pabianice and Łódź area in central Poland, active since 2011. Cornada — Spanish for 'goring' — merges death metal weight with groove-driven rhythms.
Groove and stoner metal band from Angers, France, formed in 2020. They blend heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzz-laden sound from the Loire Valley.
Groove metal band from Bailen in Jaen province, Spain, active since 2007. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal from the Andalusian interior.
Groove and heavy metal band from Leon, Spain, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh groove-heavy metal energy to the Castilian scene.
Groove-thrash-metalcore hybrid from Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, active since 2014. Cosmogon delivers genre-crossing aggression from the country's second-largest city.
Groove-thrash act from Kovin in the Banat region, formed in 2026. CounterIgnition represents the newest wave of Serbian thrash metal.
Groove-thrash act from Amsterdam, formed in 2017. Cozzy delivers heavy, riff-driven aggression from the Dutch capital.
Groove metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. They deliver heavy, rhythm-driven metal from the Finnish capital.
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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.