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Featured Album
Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Wild Child (2023)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Russian black metal project formed in 2025. Crucium channels raw black metal aggression.
Black metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2006. With nearly two decades of activity, Cruda Sorte are established figures in the Berlin black metal underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Enontekio in Finnish Lapland, active since 2013. They deliver grinding extremity from one of the most remote regions in the Finnish metal scene.
Black metal band from Munster, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver raw, uncompromising black metal from the Westphalian heartland.
Thrash metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2020. They deliver aggressive thrash from Finland's oldest city.
Heavy metal band from Crema in Cremona province, Lombardy, active since 2011. Cruel Device delivers straightforward, riff-driven traditional metal.
Death metal band from Limburg, Germany, formed in 2018. They channel death metal aggression from the Lahn Valley of Hesse.
Death-thrash metal band from Rottweil in the Black Forest, Germany, formed in 2014. They merge death metal brutality with thrash metal speed from the Swabian highlands.
Thrash metal band from Aveiro, central Portugal, formed in 2019. Cruel Hate delivers aggressive thrash from the Atlantic coast.
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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.