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Featured Album
Strychnine.213 (Bonus Track Edition) (2023)
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Curse of the Crystal Coconut (2020)
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Finnish progressive metal project formed in 2024. They explore complex progressive metal structures with intellectual rigor.
German heavy/power metal band from Frankfurt an der Oder, active since 2008. They deliver boundless power metal anthems from the eastern German border city.
German death/thrash metal band from Reichenbach im Vogtland, formed in 2020. They channel chaotic death-thrash from the Saxon-Thuringian borderlands.
French thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Lyon, formed in 2014. They deliver bounty-hunter death-grind from the Rhône Valley capital.
German melodic power metal band from Oldenburg, formed in 2025. They bring fresh melodic power metal energy to the Lower Saxon scene.
German heavy/power metal band from Fürth in Franconia, formed in 2013. They deliver powerful heavy and power metal from the Nuremberg metropolitan area.
German heavy/speed metal band from Lower Saxony, formed in 2016. They combine heavy metal foundations with speed metal's blistering pace.
Ballymoney-based southern metal act active since 2022, injecting blues-influenced swagger and whiskey-soaked groove into their heavy, riff-driven sound. Their music channels the spirit of American Southern rock and metal through a British perspective.
French death metal band from Essonne founded in 2012 as a solo project by Vorace, later expanding with guitarist Thomas Menudier. Their 2014 EP On Pain Of Death delivers five tracks of aggressive, dark death metal centered on themes of violence and mortality.
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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.