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Featured Album
Drag Me to Hell (2021)
Featured Doom Metal Album
De Doorn (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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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Groove metal/metalcore band from Debrecen, Hungary, formed in 2024. Their approach combines groove metal's rhythmic drive with metalcore dynamics.
Repossessed was a raw black/death metal band from Beveren, East Flanders, Belgium, originally formed in 1997 and active intermittently until 2006. The band cycled between raw black metal in its early phase and black/death metal in a later incarnation before permanently splitting.
Repression is a heavy/power metal band from Dinslaken in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2012. The band delivers classic heavy and power metal from the Lower Rhine region.
Crust/thrash metal band from Ryazan, Russia, active since 2009. Their long-running project blends crust punk's D-beat with thrash velocity from the central Russian city.
Reprieve is a progressive death metal and metalcore band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020. The band fuses the technical ambition of progressive death metal with metalcore's dynamic intensity from the German capital.
Thrash/death metal band from the Surrey/Berkshire border area, active since 2013. Their approach merges thrash velocity with death metal's heaviness from the English Home Counties.
Death metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2020. Their approach delivers death metal from the Steel City.
Power metal/rock band spanning Viterbo, Rome, and Latina in the Lazio region, active since 2015. Their approach delivers energetic power metal from central Italy.
Thrash metal band from Guimarães, Portugal, active since 2017. Their approach delivers thrash aggression from the birthplace of the Portuguese nation.
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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.