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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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An established sludge/drone/doom metal voice from Budapest, contributing to Hungary's underground since 2015. Their work explores the genre's darkest corners through immense heaviness.
Heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. They carry the banner of traditional heavy metal from the Czech capital with commanding riffs and anthemic compositions.
Thrash metal band from Pamplona, Spain, formed in 2018. Their aggressive thrash channels the fierce spirit of Navarra from the city famous for the running of the bulls.
Heavy metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 2022. Their commanding sound carries the banner of traditional heavy metal in the Estonian capital's growing metal scene.
Raw black metal project from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2024. Their lo-fi, ritualistic approach channels occult black metal from the Catalan underground.
Epic gothic metal band from Losheim, Germany, active since 2010. Their grand, orchestrally tinged gothic metal creates sweeping, atmospheric compositions from the Saarland countryside.
Melodic Power Metal force from Rome, volatile and relentless since 2016. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Stoner rock and metal act from Manchester, active since 2018. Their colossal transformer-inspired name matches heavy, fuzz-drenched compositions from one of England's most vibrant music cities.
Herbarium is a post-black metal band from Kharkiv, Ukraine, formed in 2023. They push black metal into atmospheric, post-metal territory.
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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.