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Underground to the core, this gothic metal and progressive metal act from Matera traffics in technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Since 2024, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Death, melodic death, and progressive metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2003. With over two decades of history, they are veterans of the Finnish progressive death metal scene.
When Elision of Animus emerged in 2013 from Ílhavo, they brought with them a sound rooted in metalcore, progressive metal, and thrash metal — all genre-bending ambition that refuses easy categorization. Their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Progressive metal and djent act from Tallinn, Estonia, delivering precision-driven, rhythmically complex compositions since 2015. Their name suggests an elite musical approach channeled through the modern djent framework.
Black, death, and progressive metal band from Strasbourg, France formed in 2019. They blend extreme metal intensity with progressive ambition from the Alsatian capital.
Progressive metal band from Grenoble, France active since 2013. They deliver technically proficient progressive metal from the Alpine French city.
Rovigo-based avant-garde metal, death metal, and progressive metal act, active since 2010 delivering technical virtuosity in service of expansive, cinematic narratives. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Firmly rooted in progressive metal, this Swedish actfrom Stockholm delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages without compromise. They've been at it since 2018, and their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
Progressive metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece active since 2010. They deliver intricate progressive metal from northern Greece.
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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.