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Featured Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Tribute to Erik Lindmark (Deeds of Flesh) (2020)
05/11 @ Three Links Deep Ellum, Dallas
Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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German melodic death metal band from Hanover, formed in 2011. They craft melodic death metal with Scandinavian-influenced harmonies from Lower Saxony's capital.
Spanish melodic death metal band from Tarragona, active since 2003. With over two decades of melodic death metal, they are one of Catalonia's most enduring extreme metal acts.
Osijek-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2014, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, formed in 2013. They blend Scandinavian melodeath with metalcore intensity from the capital's diverse metal underground.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Magdeburg, formed in 2024. They bring fresh melodeath energy to the Saxony-Anhalt underground.
Swedish melodic thrash metal act active since 2020, tempering the genre's trademark aggression with harmonized guitar leads and dynamic songwriting. Their approach delivers thrash metal's visceral energy without sacrificing melodic accessibility.
Finnish melodic death/black metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 2015. They forge melodic extreme metal with the skill and precision of their namesake craft.
German melodic death metal band from Marktheidenfeld, formed in 2015. They craft melodic death metal with precision and emotional depth from the Main-Spessart region.
Lisbon-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2011, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
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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.