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Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Death metal and grindcore band from Gierle, Belgium, active since 2015. They combine death metal's guttural brutality with grindcore's frantic blast-beat intensity.
Finnish death metal and grindcore band from Nurmes in eastern Finland, formed in 2014. They deliver butchered death-grind from the remote Karelian countryside.
Spanish black metal band from Bilbao, formed in 2010. They channel atmospheric black metal from the Basque Country's industrial capital.
Thrash metal outfit from Mikołów, formed in 2008. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Czech symphonic gothic metal band from Havířov, formed in 2019. They blend orchestral arrangements and gothic atmosphere with heavy metal instrumentation for an elaborate, theatrical sound.
Poznań-based sludge metal act active since 2013, delivering corrosive, feedback-drenched heaviness that grinds forward with hostile intent. Their sound channels the genre's essential aggression through punishingly distorted guitar tones and abrasive vocals.
Varteig/Sarpsborg-based death metal act with hardcore/crust influences, active since 2020. Their crossover approach bridges the mosh pit and the blast beat with equal conviction, pairing death metal's heaviness with punk's confrontational directness.
German melodic death metal band from Wuppertal, active since 2009. They bring over a decade of melodic death metal to the Bergisches Land scene.
Komotini-based thrash metal act active since 2020, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the genre's foundational principles of speed, precision, and relentless energy. Their material channels the spirit of 1980s thrash through a Greek filter.
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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.