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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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Death/black/thrash metal band from Tarbes in the French Pyrenees, formed in 2019. They deliver a volatile blend of extreme metal subgenres, merging the ferocity of black and death metal with thrash-driven momentum.
Bergen-based black/thrash metal act formed in 2004, delivering high-velocity aggression that melds Norwegian black metal's icy fury with thrash metal's riff-driven attack. Their energetic approach channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a distinctly Scandinavian filter.
Thrash metal outfit from Groningen, formed in 2020. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Thrash metal and crossover band from Oberweissenbach, Austria, formed in 2019. They fuse thrash metal speed with crossover punk energy for a high-velocity attack.
Bydgoszcz-based death/thrash metal act active since 2023, fusing death metal's guttural intensity with thrash's riff-driven velocity and rhythmic precision. Their high-energy approach delivers the heaviness of death metal married to thrash's urgent momentum.
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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.