Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
71 bands found
Vienna's Summoning formed in 1993 and quickly abandoned straightforward black metal in favor of a deeply atmospheric, keyboard-driven sound rooted almost entirely in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Across eight studio albums on Napalm Records — including Dol Guldur (1996), Stronghold (1999), Oath Bound (2006), and With Doom We Come (2018) — the duo of Protector and Silenius developed a signature style built on programmed drums, layered synths, and choral arrangements. The band has never performed live, functioning strictly as a studio entity throughout their career.
Sun of the Blind merge atmospheric black metal with ambient passages from Bern, creating expansive soundscapes that evoke both the vastness of the cosmos and the isolation of the Alpine landscape. Their approach emphasizes texture and mood as much as metallic aggression.
Svartgrav ("Black Grave") craft atmospheric black metal from Luneburg, building immersive, sepulchral compositions from the Lower Saxon heath country. Emerging in 2025, their Nordic-named project brings fresh atmospheric depth to the North German underground.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2021, Swartvoud crafts atmospheric black and doom metal with a cavernous, melancholic depth, blending slow-burning doom passages with frost-covered black metal atmospherics.
Sylvaine is the solo project of classically trained Norwegian multi-instrumentalist Kathrine Shepard, founded in Oslo in 2013 and dedicated to the fusion of atmospheric black metal with shoegaze and post-rock — a style often termed 'blackgaze.' Shepard self-released her debut Silent Chamber, Noisy Heart in 2014, then released Wistful (2016), Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone (2018), and Nova (2022), earning a Norwegian Grammy nomination for Best Metal Album for the third — the first female musician to receive such a nomination in that category. Her work draws frequent comparisons to Alcest and Lantlôs.
Atmospheric black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2017, crafting vast, celestial soundscapes that evoke cosmic desolation through layered tremolo guitars and sweeping ambient textures.
Prudnik's Szamot craft atmospheric black metal from the Upper Silesian border town since 2018. Their Polish name for chamotte (fire clay) channels heat-resistant materiality into compositions shaped by the Polish-Czech border landscape.
Szare practice atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2015. Their Polish name meaning "grey" channels the ashen middle ground between black and white into compositions of muted, atmospheric darkness.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
World Metal Index indexes hundreds of World heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse World death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse World black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for World thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse World metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse World hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for World metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
World Metal Index is an index of World 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 World metal scene.