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Featured Album
The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Melodic death-black metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave melodic elements through blackened death metal from the Finnish capital.
Melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland, active since 2012. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Melodic death metal band from Naestved, Denmark, emerging in 2025. They blend melodic sensibilities with death metal aggression from the southern Zealand city.
Melodic death metal band from Alexandroupoli in Thrace, Greece, formed in 2014. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the northeastern Greek coast.
Melodic death-power metal band from Aix-en-Provence, France. They blend melodic death metal harmonies with power metal hooks from the Provençal heartland.
Melodic death metal band from Kotka, Finland, formed in 2017. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the southeastern Finnish coast.
Melodic death metal act from Prešov in eastern Slovakia, formed in 2022. Cellearius delivers hook-driven extreme metal from the Šariš region.
Melodic death-power-thrash act from Udine in Friuli, formed in 2020. Celtic Hills blends folk-tinged melodies with aggressive extreme metal in a genre-crossing approach.
Melodic death-thrash act from Katrineholm in Södermanland, formed in 2019. Centicore delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal from central Sweden.
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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.