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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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Progressive thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They merge intricate progressive arrangements with the speed and aggression of thrash.
Progressive death metal act from Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, formed in 2017. Carrion Crow blends technical complexity with death metal from the Podkarpacie region.
Progressive death metal act from the Częstochowa and Rybnik area, formed in 2017. Carura — named after a creature from Japanese mythology — blends technical death metal with progressive ambition.
Progressive metal band from Seville, Spain, active since 2013. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Andalusian capital.
Progressive sludge-stoner-thrash hybrid from Moscow, formed in 2019. Casamatta blends multiple extreme subgenres into a genre-defying whole.
Progressive death metal act from Saint Petersburg, active since 2012. Cashan blends technical complexity with death metal from Russia's northern capital.
Progressive power metal project from Bålsta near Stockholm, formed in 2026. Castillion brings fresh melodic ambition to the Swedish power metal scene.
Progressive sludge metal act from Vale de Cambra in northern Portugal, active since 2008. Catacombe has spent nearly two decades merging progressive complexity with sludge weight from the Aveiro district.
Progressive death metal act from Budapest, formed in 2019. Catalogist combines technical complexity with death metal weight, exploring intricate compositional structures.
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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.