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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Nihility (2002)
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Featured Thrash Metal Album
Inhale The Noise (2026)
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Rankkuri is a thrash/black metal and punk band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2011. The band fuses thrash and black metal with punk aggression from the Finnish capital's crossover underground.
Rankojat is a thrash/heavy metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2014. The band delivers aggressive thrash and heavy metal from Finland's most active metal city.
Rankor is a heavy/thrash metal band from Wiesbaden, the Hessian state capital in Germany, formed in 2023. The band delivers aggressive thrash with heavy metal foundations from the Rhine-Main metropolitan area.
Thrash metal/hardcore band from Leszno, Poland, active since 2015. Their approach blends thrash velocity with hardcore's confrontational energy.
Rannoch is a progressive death metal band from the Midlands, England, active since 2008. Named after the remote Scottish moor, the band delivers complex progressive death metal from the heart of England.
Rome hard rock and heavy metal act formed in 2017, delivering classic riff-driven energy with rock 'n' roll swagger from Italy's capital. Their accessible approach channels the timeless power of heavy rock.
Ranzau is a raw black metal project from Germany, formed in 2024 and committed to the lo-fi, unpolished aesthetic of underground black metal. The project strips the genre to its most primitive and abrasive essentials.
Ranzer is a death/thrash metal and crust band from Kassel in central Germany, formed in 2023. The band merges the velocity of thrash and death metal with the gritty energy of crust punk from the northern Hessian underground.
Experimental/death metal/metalcore band from Rzeszów, Poland, active since 2013. Their approach pushes extreme metal into experimental territory from the southeastern Polish city.
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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.