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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place - Remastered (2025)
05/24 @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Brutal death metal act from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, formed in 2017. Contemptress delivers punishing brutality from the Volga-Ural region.
Brutal death metal band from Macclesfield in Cheshire, England, formed in 2022. They deliver punishing extremity from the edge of the Peak District.
Atmospheric black metal project from Scotland, emerging in 2025. They craft vast, contemptuous atmospheres within a black metal framework.
Swedish death metal and grindcore act active since 2014, delivering rapid-fire extremity through a fusion of both genres. Their grinding assault combines death metal's weight with grindcore's relentless velocity.
Thrash metal band from North Brabant, formed in 2017. Context delivers sharp, aggressive thrash from the southern Netherlands.
Progressive groove metal act from Budapest, formed in 2015. Continoom blends heavy grooves with progressive structures and dynamic range across their multifaceted sound.
Death metal project from Italy, formed in 2019. Continuum of Xul explores occult and cosmic horror themes through crushing death metal.
Thrash metal band from Seengen, Switzerland, active since 2010. They channel aggressive, riff-driven thrash fueled by speed and precision.
Brutal death metal act from Leiden, South Holland, formed in 2018. Contorted Mind delivers punishing, technically-inclined death metal from the Dutch university city.
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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.