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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 and thrash metal band from Trier, Germany's oldest city, formed in 2017. They blend the power of traditional heavy metal with the aggressive edge of thrash.
Heavy metal band from Munster, Germany, active since 2009. They deliver classic heavy metal with strong riffs and driving energy from the Westphalian heartland.
Heavy metal project from Saratov on the Volga, formed in 2023. CarterGill0 delivers traditional metal from the central Russian city.
Heavy metalcore act from Moscow, formed in 2021. CarVent merges traditional metal with hardcore intensity.
Heavy metal band from Amadora, in the Lisbon metropolitan area, active since 2012. Casablanca has spent over a decade delivering classic heavy metal from the Greater Lisbon area.
Heavy thrash band from Soncino in Cremona province, Lombardy, formed in 2023. Casagrande brings aggressive, old-school energy to the Italian thrash revival.
Melodic death-power metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2011. Cascabel delivers versatile, melody-driven metal from Russia's cultural capital.
Heavy metal band from Kuden in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft straightforward, riff-driven heavy metal from the North German plains.
Heavy metal band from Hameenlinna, Finland, active since 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal from the historic Tavastian 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.