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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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Reptile Mountain is a progressive post-metal/rock band from Seinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia, Finland, formed in 2019. The band explores expansive, atmospheric post-metal compositions from the Finnish flatlands.
Progressive metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, active since 2016. Their approach delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Serbian capital.
Progressive metal/rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, active since 2015. Their approach delivers technically ambitious progressive compositions from the Dutch political capital.
Progressive/doom/gothic metal band from Catania, Sicily, active since 2009. Their ambitious three-genre approach delivers richly atmospheric metal from the foot of Mount Etna.
Progressive metal band from South Holland, with roots dating to 1993. Over three decades of progressive metal represent one of the longest-running Dutch metal projects.
Progressive metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2020. Their approach delivers technically ambitious progressive compositions from the Greek capital.
Melodic progressive metal band from Yekaterinburg, Russia, active since 2018. Their approach delivers melody-driven progressive compositions from the Ural capital.
Return to Void is a heavy/progressive metal band from Kotka in southeastern Finland, formed in 2017. The band blends progressive complexity with heavy metal from the major port city on the Gulf of Finland.
Progressive metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2020. Their approach delivers technically ambitious compositions from the Portuguese capital.
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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.