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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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Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2018. They deliver slamming, punishing extremity from Scotland's largest city.
Melodic death-thrash band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2013. They blend the melodic sensibilities of Gothenburg-style death metal with thrash metal's relentless speed.
Post-metal and sludge band from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2022. They blend expansive post-metal dynamics with crushing sludge weight from the Catalan capital.
Progressive power metal project from Bålsta near Stockholm, formed in 2026. Castillion brings fresh melodic ambition to the Swedish power metal scene.
Doom metal band from Huittinen, Finland, formed in 2021. They craft crushing, monolithic doom from the Finnish Satakunta region.
Heavy metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Castle Mountain brings traditional metal energy to the Portuguese capital.
Czech black metal project formed in 2023. They create atmospheric, solitary black metal exploring themes of isolation and desolation.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Manosque in Provence, France, formed in 2023. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Folk metal act from Vevey, Switzerland, formed in 2022. They blend traditional folk melodies and instrumentation with heavy metal energy, drawing from the rich cultural landscape of the Swiss Riviera.
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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.