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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Stockholm black metal project formed in 2023, channeling raw darkness from Sweden's capital city. Their atmospheric aggression draws from the genre's most uncompromising traditions.
Doom, heavy, and thrash metal band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2012. They blend the crushing weight of doom with classic heavy metal and thrash aggression.
Thrash metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2019. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the Danish capital.
Progressive metal band from Dereham in Norfolk, England, active since 2011. They craft intricate compositions from the English countryside.
Symphonic metal band from Friedberg, Germany, formed in 2017. They create grand, orchestral metal with lush arrangements and dramatic vocal performances.
Karlskrona progressive heavy metal and rock act launched in 2025, blending classic metal weight with progressive ambition from Sweden's southern naval city. Their compositions push beyond conventional structures.
Black metal act from Maloyaroslavets in Kaluga Oblast, active since 2005. Constancys has spent two decades crafting black metal from the historic town near the site of Napoleon's 1812 defeat.
Crossover thrash band from Lugano in the Italian-speaking Ticino canton of Switzerland, formed in 2019. They blend the speed and aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk energy and attitude.
Progressive metal act from Iasi active since 2001, representing one of Moldova region's longest-running progressive metal presences in Romania. Their quarter-century of output speaks to an enduring commitment to ambitious, boundary-pushing composition.
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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.