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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Heavy metal band from Cheltenham, England, active since 2011. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Cotswolds.
Doom and sludge metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2009. They deliver thick, oppressive doom-sludge from the Catalan capital.
Death metal and deathcore band from Toledo, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver crushing extremity from the ancient Castilian city.
Thrash metal band from Łódź, formed in 2023. CUG brings raw thrash energy to central Poland.
Heavy and power metal band from Sweden, formed in 2018. Cui Bono — Latin for 'who benefits?' — delivers anthemic traditional metal.
Heavy and speed metal band from South Shields, England, active since 2011. Named after the famous battle, they deliver fast, powerful metal from the Tyneside.
Thrash metal band from Nevers, France, active since 2008. They deliver aggressive thrash from the Nievre capital in central France.
Black-death-doom metal band from London, formed in 2020. They channel cult-like darkness through a crushing fusion of three extreme genres.
Black metal band from Avignon, France, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Cult Martyr deliver seasoned black metal from the Provençal city of the Popes.
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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.