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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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Progressive power metal act from Yekaterinburg in the Urals, formed in 2017. Concordea delivers intricate, melodic metal from Russia's fourth-largest city.
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Progressive stoner metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They merge progressive complexity with the heavy, groove-laden sound of stoner metal.
Progressive power metal band from Paris, France, active since 1992. With over three decades of history, Conscience are veterans of the French progressive metal scene.
Progressive death metal act from Vila Real in northern Portugal, formed in 2016. Consequence blends technical ambition with death metal weight from the Trás-os-Montes region.
Progressive death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2020. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from Greece's second-largest city.
Progressive metal band from Dereham in Norfolk, England, active since 2011. They craft intricate compositions from the English countryside.
Karlskrona progressive heavy metal and rock act launched in 2025, blending classic metal weight with progressive ambition from Sweden's southern naval city. Their compositions push beyond conventional structures.
Progressive metal act from Iasi active since 2001, representing one of Moldova region's longest-running progressive metal presences in Romania. Their quarter-century of output speaks to an enduring commitment to ambitious, boundary-pushing composition.
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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.