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Featured Album
Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Raw black metal band from Northumberland, England, formed in 2024. Named after the Anglo-Saxon poet, Cynewulf channel ancient English themes through primitive black metal.
NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal band from Malvern, England, formed in 2021. They channel the spirit of classic British heavy metal from the Worcestershire hills.
Brutal death metal band from Saarbrucken, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver punishing, guttural brutality from the Franco-German border region.
Gothic industrial metal act from Stange in Hedmark, active since 2008. Cynicon merges dark electronic elements with gothic metal from the Norwegian interior.
Heavy metal act from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2018, blending groove metal, power metal, and traditional heavy metal. Their versatile sound draws from multiple metal traditions to create a powerful, hook-driven attack.
Technical death metal band from Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2014. They blend technical precision and complex arrangements with death metal aggression.
Death-thrash metal band from Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, formed in 2024. They merge death metal brutality with thrash speed from the historic Reformation city.
Death metal band from Pau in the French Pyrenees, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh death metal to the Beam region.
Progressive metal act from Milan, active since 2013. Cyrax crafts intricate, technically-driven progressive metal from Italy's largest 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.