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Featured Album
Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
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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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Hellbelly is a groove/stoner metal band from Lund, Sweden, active since 2013 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Scorching black/doom metal project from Helsinki, carving a path through Finland's underground since 2023. Steeped in second-wave tradition, their work explores misanthropy and desolation.
Death/groove metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2019. Their heavy, groove-laden approach to death metal brings a distinctively Andalusian flavor to extreme music.
Groove Metal outfit rooted in Kerava, channeling brutal underground intensity since 2019. Tight compositions and aggressive delivery characterize their particular approach.
Operating from Pistoia, this heavy metal project has been shaping cold sound since 2020. Their work channels the iron spirit of traditional metal through anthemic songwriting.
Hellblast is a death metal band from Limburg, Netherlands, active since 2007 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Brunswick, Germany, active since 2015. Their relentless blast of brutality and grind delivers extreme music from the Lion City of Lower Saxony.
Hellblender is a thrash/death metal band from Ufa, Russia, formed in 2018. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
Based in Florence, this black metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2011. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
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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.