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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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Death metal/grindcore band from Valenciennes in northern France, active since 2017. Their sound fuses death metal with grindcore from the Nord department.
Black metal band from Toulouse in southwestern France, active since 2008 — over 15 years of black metal from the Occitan capital.
Thrash metal band from Sant Pere de Ribes near Barcelona, active since 2012. Their sound delivers thrash metal from the Catalan coast south of the city.
Insanehead is a thrash/heavy metal band from Rocca Priora (Rome), Italy, active since 2025 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Insania is a heavy/power metal band from Liège, Belgium, formed in 2023, delivering high-energy anthems built on soaring vocals and galloping riffs. The band carries the flag of European power metal with a bombastic, crowd-rousing approach.
Insania.11 is a thrash/death metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2016 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Insaniae is a doom/death metal act from Queluz, Portugal, active since 2010 and merging death metal's ferocity with doom's oppressive weight. The project inhabits the crushing intersection where both genres converge.
Black metal band from Albacete in Spain's Castilla-La Mancha region, active since 2015. Their sound channels raw black metal from the central Iberian plateau.
Insanic is a melodic thrash metal band from Starnberg, Germany, formed in 2021, blending the velocity of thrash with melodic sensibilities from the shores of Lake Starnberg. The band pairs Bavarian ambition with classic thrash metal energy.
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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.