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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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Athens-based sludge metal act active since 2016, delivering corrosive, feedback-drenched heaviness that grinds forward with hostile intent. Their sound channels the genre's essential aggression through punishingly distorted guitar tones and abrasive vocals.
Progressive death metal band from Manchester, active since 2012. They weave complex arrangements and technical proficiency through a death metal framework in the tradition of progressive extreme metal.
Progressive heavy metal band from Paal, Belgium, active since 2014. They explore complex compositions and shifting time signatures within a heavy metal framework.
Wrocław-based progressive power metal act active since 2021, incorporating complex arrangements and technical proficiency into the anthemic framework of European power metal. Their compositions push beyond standard power metal structures into more adventurous territory.
Progressive heavy/thrash/groove metal outfit from Vienna, Austria, active since 2014. They navigate a wide sonic palette, blending the technicality of progressive metal with thrash urgency and groove metal heft.
German progressive metal band from Giessen, formed in 2021. They explore complex arrangements and technical musicianship within a progressive metal framework.
German progressive metal and rock band from Frankfurt, formed in 2021. They craft ambitious, multi-layered compositions bridging progressive rock and metal traditions.
Progressive heavy metal band from Oostende, Belgium, active since 2013. They blend progressive complexity with the power of traditional heavy metal.
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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.