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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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Melodic death-groove metal band from Oulu, Finland, active since 2012. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with heavy grooves from northern Finland.
Melodic death-doom metal band from Wolframs-Eschenbach, Germany, formed in 2023. They merge melancholic melodies with the crushing weight of death-doom from the Franconian heartland.
Melodic death/groove metal act from the small Värmland town of Hagfors, formed in 2018 and weaving melody through rhythmic heaviness. Their blend of accessibility and aggression draws from both Scandinavian melodeath and modern groove metal.
Progressive melodic death metal band from Marburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend progressive complexity with melodic death metal's harmonies and aggression.
Melodic death metal band from Offenbach, Germany, formed in 2015. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
Melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2018. They craft melodic yet crushing death metal from the Finnish capital.
Melodic death metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, active since 2009. They craft melodic yet intense death metal from the Finnish lake district.
Melodic death metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2021. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Rhineland's cultural capital.
Melodic death metal band from Exeter, England, active since 2010. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Devon 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.