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Featured Album
The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Day Is Done" by Nick Drake (2021)
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Symphonic and folk metal band from Novy Jicin in Moravia, Czech Republic, blending orchestral grandeur with folk-inspired melodies since 2018. Their approach merges the sweep of symphonic metal with the earthy warmth of Central European folk traditions.
Russian black metal and depressive black metal act, active since 2023 delivering venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, the compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Death metal and metalcore band from Lille, France active since 2011. They bring intense, modern extreme metal from France's northern metropolis.
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Thrash/death metal band from Barreiro across the Tagus from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2017. Their sound fuses thrash speed with death metal brutality from the industrial south bank of the Lisbon metropolitan area.
A product of the birthplace of heavy metal itself, this Brighton-based heavy metal act channels Maiden-esque gallops and Priest-inspired vocal histrionics. Active since 2016, they play metal the way it was meant to be: loud, proud, and unfiltered.
Belgian brutal and technical death metal act from Zelem-Halen, evolving from raw brutality toward greater technical complexity since 2017. Their trajectory mirrors the genre's broader evolution from blunt-force aggression to intricate, precision-driven extremity.
Death metal act from Avignon, France that emerged in 2025. They add fresh brutality to the Provencal metal scene.
The Swedish city of Linköping serves as headquarters for this symphonic metal operation, whose arsenal includes bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
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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.