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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place - Remastered (2025)
05/24 @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Power metal band from Helsinki/Porvoo, Finland active since 2014. Their 2014 debut Superhero Diaries - Part I channels classic European power metal in the vein of Helloween, Stratovarius, and Edguy across eleven tracks.
Groove/thrash metal outfit from Alcoi, Spain formed in 2015. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven metal fueled by groovy rhythms and thrash aggression from the Valencian Community.
Melodic thrash metal and metalcore act from Lingen/Ems in Lower Saxony, Germany, blending harmonic precision with aggressive energy since 2014. Their approach merges the best of melodic thrash with metalcore's dynamic breakdowns.
Heavy metal band from Saint-Dizier in Champagne, France active since 2014. They carry the heavy metal flame from northeastern France.
Pushing the boundaries of black metal, this British outfit from Darlington has been refining their craft since 2017. Their sound hinges on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities, delivered with relentless commitment.
The Italian city of Viterbo serves as headquarters for this death metal and thrash metal operation, whose arsenal includes Florida-school brutality with modern precision. The riffs hit with blunt-force trauma, leaving no room for subtlety.
Melodic death metal band from the Porto/Matosinhos area of northern Portugal, active since 2012. Their sound delivers melodic death metal from Portugal's second city on the Atlantic coast.
Heavy metal act from Barcelona, Spain active since 2013. They channel classic heavy metal energy from the Catalan capital's vibrant underground scene.
Depressive black metal project from Bordeaux, France launched in 2024. They craft icy, melancholic black metal from southwestern France.
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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.