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Featured Album
Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Thunderfist Chronicles (Deluxe Version) (2025)
05/26 @ Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg
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Blackened death metal act from Wicklow, Ireland, formed in 2014. Chaotorynth explores labyrinthine extremity from the scenic Irish east coast.
Sludge and stoner metal band from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, formed in 2023. They deliver thick, fuzz-laden heaviness.
Progressive death metal band from Cologne, Germany. Their 2024 album Echoes Of Light pushes beyond genre boundaries with stunning guitar work and contrasting moods, drawing comparisons to Blue Oyster Cult alongside their death metal roots.
Death metal band from Risca in South Wales, formed in 2017. They deliver crushing death metal from the Welsh valleys.
French black metal project formed in 2023. They channel chapel-themed darkness through raw black metal.
Blackened death metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Chapel of Samhain channels Celtic pagan themes through extreme metal.
Death-groove metal band from Coventry, England, formed in 2020. They blend death metal aggression with heavy grooves from the city that gave birth to Cathedral.
Progressive metal band from Shumen, Bulgaria, formed around 2014. Their debut 'Genesis' was recorded live over four days in Harmanli and mastered in London, balancing doomy heaviness with progressive sophistication to critical acclaim.
Power and progressive metal band from Lucerne, Switzerland, formed in 2015. They blend soaring melodies and intricate progressive arrangements with the bombast and energy of power 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.