Explore European Metal
Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse European Metal Bands
61 bands found
Reptiloid is a Berlin-based blackened sludge metal project formed in 2018, self-describing their sound as 'acid sludge from Berlin.' Their 2018 album Déclin delivers four tracks of experimental, corroded sludge incorporating noise, post-metal, and industrial textures.
Groove/sludge metal band from Kraków, Poland, active since 2015. Their Latin-inspired name accompanies rhythmically driven heaviness from Poland's cultural capital.
Ricard Methadone is a sludge metal/hardcore band from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne region of central France, formed in 2024. Named with characteristically French irreverence, the band channels aggressive sludge from the volcanic Massif Central.
Sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2020. Their descriptively mammoth name accompanies crushing triple-genre heaviness from the Polish capital.
Rift Giant is a sludge/stoner metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2017. The band channels massive, low-tuned heaviness through sludge and stoner metal from the Copenhagen underground.
Riotstarter is a sludge/groove metal band from Balingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2014. The band channels heavy grooves and sludge-drenched riffs from the Swabian Jura region.
Stoner/sludge metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2014. Named after the Alien franchise protagonist, their approach delivers fuzz-drenched heaviness from northern England.
Sludge/post-metal band from Milan, Italy, active since 2010. Their approach blends sludge metal's crushing heaviness with post-metal's atmospheric expansiveness from Italy's largest northern city.
Sludge/doom metal band from Portugal, formed in 2020. Their Dutch-styled name, meaning 'rituals,' accompanies crushing heaviness.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
European Metal Index indexes hundreds of European heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse European death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse European black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for European thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse European metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse European hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for European metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
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.