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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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Heavy metal band from Wels, Austria, formed in 2022. They deliver classic heavy metal with an emphasis on speed, power, and traditional riffcraft in the vein of the NWOBHM-inspired revival.
Heavy metal band from Vigo, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Galician Atlantic port city.
Progressive heavy metal act from Como, Lombardy, formed in 2024. Cherry Wine brings a melodic, exploratory approach to Italian heavy metal.
Heavy and speed metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. Chevalier deliver high-velocity, riff-driven metal in the classic speed metal tradition from the Finnish capital.
Heavy metal band from Ribnica in southern Slovenia, active since 2013. Chicksy Dicks delivers riff-driven traditional metal with a cheeky attitude.
Heavy metal band from Paris, France, active since 1999. With over a quarter century of history, Chien Jaune are veterans of the Parisian heavy metal scene.
Dutch heavy metal act formed in 2009. Chigurh — named after the iconic No Country for Old Men antagonist — delivers dark, menacing heavy metal.
Progressive groove-heavy metal band from Manchester, England, emerging in 2025. They blend progressive complexity with heavy grooves.
NWOBHM heavy metal band from Fareham in Hampshire, England. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the south coast.
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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.