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Featured Album
Infinite Terror (2022)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Apocalypse (2023)
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Multi-genre extreme metal band from Piraeus/Athens, Greece, active since 2011. They weave together black metal, death metal, doom, and melodic elements into a despairing, ambitious sound.
Melodic death and black metal band from Novi Marof, Croatia, active since 2010. Chained in Agony merges sweeping melodic leads with the ferocity of blackened death metal.
Black metal project from Ballabio in Lecco province, Lombardy, active since 2013. Chainerdog crafts raw black metal from the foothills of the Italian Alps.
Heavy metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, active since 2007. They forge classic heavy metal driven by powerful riffs from the western Zealand city.
Blackened thrash act from Kraków, active since 2013. Chaingün delivers high-velocity extreme metal from Poland's cultural capital.
Swedish thrash metal band formed in 2020. Chainmeiz delivers sharp, aggressive thrash.
Thrash metal band from Kouvola, Finland, formed in 2024. They deliver fast, aggressive thrash from the southeastern Finnish interior.
Power metal act from Rättvik in Dalarna, formed in 2023. Chainory delivers melodic power metal from the Swedish heartland.
Progressive thrash metal band from the Bansko/Dobrinishte area of Bulgaria, active since 2012. They combine the aggression of thrash with progressive arrangements, creating complex compositions from the shadow of the Pirin Mountains.
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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.