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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 Albacete in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, formed in 2021. They channel classic heavy metal power from the central Spanish plains.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Cleethorpes, England, formed in 2019. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Lincolnshire coast.
Heavy metal band from Munster, Germany, formed in 2017. Named after a Welsh enchantress, they forge powerful heavy metal from the Westphalian heartland.
Heavy and power metal band from Poznań, active since 2010. CETI has spent over fifteen years delivering anthemic traditional metal from the capital of Greater Poland.
Heavy metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2017. They forge classic heavy metal from the industrial heart of the Basque region.
Heavy metal band from Camborne in Cornwall, England, formed in 2024. They deliver classic heavy metal from the English West Country.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from St. Columb Major in Cornwall, England, formed in 2016. They channel the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Cornish countryside.
Melodic death-heavy metal band from Laihia, Finland, formed in 2021. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with classic heavy metal hooks.
Heavy metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, active since 2007. They forge classic heavy metal driven by powerful riffs from the western Zealand city.
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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.