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Featured Album
The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Heavy metal band from Umeå in northern Sweden, active since 1999. Crave has spent over a quarter century delivering traditional metal from the land of the midnight sun.
Gothic metal band from Heraklion, Crete, formed in 2019. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into heavy metal from the Cretan capital.
Black-thrash metal band from London, active since 2013. Craven Idol have built a strong reputation for their ferocious, riff-driven black-thrash from the English capital.
Power metal band from Veitshochheim near Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2019. They craft epic, melodic power metal with soaring vocals from the Franconian countryside.
Heavy metal band from Bern, Switzerland, formed in 2021. They forge a classic heavy metal sound driven by powerful riffs, anthemic hooks, and the spirit of the genre's traditional roots.
Folk-infused melodic death metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2012. They weave folk elements and dark melodies through a black and death metal foundation.
Melodic death metal band from Munich, Germany, active since 2010. They craft melodic yet aggressive death metal from the Bavarian capital with over a decade of experience.
Black metal band from Basel, Switzerland, active since 2012. They craft dark, intense black metal drawn from the genre's atmospheric and aggressive traditions.
Groove-heavy-thrash act from Uppsala, active since 2007. Crawley has spent nearly two decades delivering versatile, riff-driven metal from the historic 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.