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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Heavy metal band from Erfurt, Germany, emerging in 2025. They channel classic heavy metal energy from the Thuringian capital.
Melodic death metal band from Hennef, Germany, active since 2006. They blend the melodic sensibility of Scandinavian-style death metal with heavy metal power.
Heavy metal band from Delft, South Holland, active since 2006. Calibern has spent nearly two decades delivering traditional metal from the historic university city.
Heavy metal band from Cambrai in northern France, active since 2012. They deliver classic heavy metal from the historic Nord region.
Power and heavy metal band from Wuppertal, Germany, formed in 2014. They craft epic, melodic metal built on soaring vocals and driving guitar harmonies from the industrial Bergisches Land.
Roman heavy metal band active since 2003. Camera Oscura — Italian for 'dark room' — has spent over two decades crafting traditional heavy metal from Italy's capital.
Doom, heavy, and thrash metal band from Halberstadt, Germany, formed in 2020. They blend the crushing weight of doom with thrash metal's speed and traditional heavy metal's hooks.
Heavy metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, active since 2012. They forge powerful, riff-driven heavy metal rooted in the genre's classic traditions from the Swabian capital.
Swedish heavy metal band with Bandcamp presence since 2002. Candle delivers classic, riff-driven traditional metal.
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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.