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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Experimental progressive metal solo artist from Athens, Greece, active since 2007. He crafts intricate, boundary-pushing progressive metal.
Progressive metal guitarist and solo artist from Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany, active since 2011. Known for his work with Obscura and Alkaloid, Christian Munzner is one of Germany's most technically accomplished metal guitarists.
Progressive deathcore act from Konin in Greater Poland, formed in 2024. Christian Woochuck blends technical ambition with crushing breakdowns.
Progressive metal act from Évora in the Alentejo region, formed in 2018. ChristShade crafts intricate progressive metal from one of Portugal's most historic cities.
Power and progressive metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, formed in 2019. They blend the soaring melodies of power metal with progressive complexity and intricate arrangements.
Progressive metal band from Aabenraa in southern Jutland, Denmark, formed in 2015. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Danish borderlands.
Progressive sludge metal act from Sicily, formed in 2025. Ciclope — Italian for 'Cyclops' — brings heavy, progressive textures to the island's metal scene.
Progressive metal band from Valladolid, Spain, formed in 2014. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Castilian heartland.
Progressive metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2020. They craft intricate compositions from the Steel City.
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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.