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Impetus Odi (2021)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Brazen (2024)
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Heavy-thrash metal band from Istres in Provence, France, formed in 2021. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Bouches-du-Rhone.
Power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Finnish capital.
Progressive metal band from Annecy in the French Alps, formed in 2019. They craft intricate compositions from the shores of Lake Annecy.
Death metal band from Colmar in Alsace, France, formed in 2018. They deliver death metal from the picturesque Alsatian wine region.
Death metal and deathcore act from Pinsk, Belarus, formed in 2012. They deliver a punishing blend of brutal death metal aggression with deathcore breakdowns drawn from the Eastern European extreme underground.
Norwegian black metal project formed in 2020. Covetous channels dark, possessive themes through raw black metal.
Death-thrash metal band from Zurich, Switzerland, formed in 2024. They channel pandemic-era nihilism through a punishing blend of death metal brutality and thrash metal velocity.
Death-doom act from the small town of Donskoy in Tula Oblast, formed in 2020. COVID-19 — provocatively named after the pandemic — delivers crushing, morbid heaviness.
German black metal project formed in 2022. They channel pandemic-era nihilism through raw, uncompromising black metal.
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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.