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Featured Album
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 Konstanz on Lake Constance, Germany, formed in 2020. They channel classic heavy metal power and anthemic energy from the southern German border.
Heavy metal band from Gothenburg, active since 2013. Cans delivers straightforward traditional metal from Sweden's metal capital.
Heavy metal band from Vicenza, Italy, active since 2013. Captain Kill delivers straightforward, riff-driven traditional metal from the Veneto region.
Progressive heavy-thrash band from Turin, formed in 2016. Caravanseraj blends Balkan-influenced progressive elements with thrash aggression from Piedmont.
Power and heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2014. They craft anthemic, melodic metal built on powerful vocal performances and driving guitar work.
Heavy metal band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver straightforward, riff-driven heavy metal with a hard-hitting, no-nonsense approach.
Czech heavy and thrash metal veterans from Zadverice-Rakova near Zlin, active since 1984. As one of the oldest metal bands in the Czech Republic, Cardiak have maintained a four-decade presence in the country's metal underground.
Heavy metal band from Brunswick, Germany, formed in 2018. They forge classic heavy metal built on powerful riffs, anthemic choruses, and traditional metal values.
Heavy metal band from Durham, England, active since 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal from the historic cathedral city in northeast England.
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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.