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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 death metal band from Seinajoki, Finland, formed in 2018. They merge progressive complexity with death metal intensity from the Ostrobothnian plains.
Technical progressive death metal band from Blackpool, England, active since 2012. They blend technical precision with progressive complexity and death metal aggression.
Black and progressive metal band from Norden in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2020. Named after an East Frisian chieftain dynasty, Circsena blend progressive complexity with black metal darkness.
Gothic progressive metal band from 's-Hertogenbosch, active since 1999. Cirrha Niva has spent over a quarter century crafting atmospheric, emotionally rich progressive metal from North Brabant.
Progressive metal band from London, formed in 2017. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the English capital.
Progressive death metal act from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula, active since 2016. Clangforge delivers technically ambitious metal from one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world.
Progressive metal band from Jyvaskyla, Finland, active since 2012. They craft intricate, dynamic compositions from the Finnish lake district.
Melodic and progressive death metal project formed in 2019, weaving intricate arrangements through death metal's aggressive framework. Their ambitious compositions push beyond conventional genre boundaries.
Gothic and progressive metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2017. They weave dark gothic atmospheres into progressive metal 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.