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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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Death metal, thrash, and metalcore band from Wolgast on the Baltic coast of Germany, active since 2001. With over two decades of activity, Castoreum are seasoned veterans of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern metal scene.
Brutal death metal band from Odense, Denmark, active since 2011. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Funen island.
Symphonic black metal act from Rijeka, Croatia, one of the country's longer-running extreme metal projects with roots stretching back to 2001. Castrum balances orchestral darkness with fierce black metal intensity.
Black metal project from Trondheim, active since 2015. Castrum Doloris — Latin for 'castle of grief' — crafts funereal black metal from central Norway.
Doom and sludge metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2020. They deliver thick, oppressive heaviness from the Finnish capital.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2022. They channel dark, intense black metal from the Danish capital.
Brutal death metal band from Hildesheim, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Lower Saxon foothills.
Power metal band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2012. They deliver epic, melodic power metal from the Spanish capital.
Black and melodic death metal band from Dobrovice, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. Their sound merges the raw intensity of black metal with the harmonic structures and melodic sensibility of death metal.
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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.