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ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Soundtrack to Your Escape (The Quiet Place Version) (2022)
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Featured Death Metal Album
Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Thrash Metal/Metalcore outfit rooted in Rouen, channeling fierce underground intensity since 2013. Their thrash assault combines speed, aggression, and precision in equal measure.
An uncompromising black metal project from Kemi, active since 2026. Rooted in orthodox black metal, their work channels darkness with unwavering conviction.
Gothic/melodic death metal band from Menden, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of combining gothic atmosphere with melodic death metal aggression have made them a distinctive voice in the Sauerland metal scene.
Raw black metal project from Noyers-Missy in rural France, active since 2015. Their demonic name channels dark spirituality into harsh, unpolished black metal from the Burgundian countryside.
Based in Helsinki, this heavy metal project has been a fixture of Finland's underground since 2015. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Black metal/crust punk band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2017. Their raw fusion of blackened atmosphere and crust punk D-beats brings an anarchic energy to the Berlin underground.
Hermeticum is a black metal project from Rome, Italy, active since 2019 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Italy black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Hermh is a atmospheric black/gothic metal (early); symphonic black metal (later) band from Białystok, Poland, formed in 1995. They craft expansive, atmospheric black metal compositions with textural depth.
Hermitage is a black metal project from United Kingdom, active since 2017 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the United Kingdom black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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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.