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Impetus Odi (2021)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Trial By Fire (2023)
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Featured Stoner Metal Album
Brazen (2024)
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Power-thrash metal band from Schwetzingen, Germany, active since 2005. With two decades of activity, they blend the melodic energy of power metal with thrash metal's aggression.
Black-speed-thrash act from Nowy Targ in the Tatra mountain foothills, formed in 2023. Chalice of Damnation channels high-velocity blackened thrash from the Polish highlands.
Black metal project from Poznań, formed in 2021. Chalice of Mankind crafts atmospheric black metal from Greater Poland.
Heavy metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2018. They forge classic heavy metal built on strong riffs and anthemic hooks.
Post-metal and sludge outfit from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2018. They craft dense, atmospheric compositions layering crushing sludge riffs over expansive post-metal dynamics.
Avant-garde progressive metal act from Ryazan, central Russia, active since 2014. Chalmer-Ju pushes genre boundaries with experimental heavy music.
Death metal and grindcore band from Greece, active since 2012. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity.
Death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2021. They channel malevolent darkness through crushing death metal.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver slamming brutality and crushing breakdowns from the Bavarian-Thuringian border.
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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.