Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Moshkinstein (2019)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Death Metal Album
Necromanteum (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
1097 bands found
CELESTE formed in Lyon, France in 2005, emerging from that city's hardcore punk scene and gradually fusing black metal harshness, sludge heaviness, and post-hardcore dynamics into an unrelenting and emotionally suffocating sound. The band released their debut full-length Nihiliste(s) in 2008 on Denovali Records and followed it with a series of similarly dense French-language records, before signing to Nuclear Blast for Assassine(s) in 2022. All of their albums carry stripped grammatical titles that function as singular aesthetic statements.
Black-doom-heavy metal act from The Hague, active since 2012. Celesterre crafts atmospheric, multi-faceted metal that bridges black, doom, and traditional heavy metal traditions.
Operating from the remote isolation of Kenai, Alaska, Celestial Annihilation deliver raw black metal with frostbitten, geographically appropriate desolation — thin, razor-edged production and relentless blasting.
Black metal act from Trondheim, active since 2008. Celestial Bloodshed delivered violent, uncompromising Norwegian black metal tied to the notorious Trondheim scene.
Gothic doom-black metal band from Tartu, Estonia, active since 2002. They weave gothic darkness and doom weight through a black metal framework from Estonia's university city.
Depressive black metal project from the UK, formed in 2024. They craft bleak, emotionally devastating black metal.
please update this band
Finnish black metal project formed in 2022. They craft dark, cemetery-themed black metal steeped in death worship and Finnish darkness.
Celestial Mass is a Pennsylvania black metal project steeped in the cold, atmospheric tradition — layered tremolo riffs, shrieked vocals, and a cavernous production aesthetic that emphasizes darkness over clarity. Their work draws from both the cosmic and the misanthropic strands of the genre.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
World Metal Index indexes hundreds of global 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 global 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 global 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 global 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 global metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse global 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 global 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 global 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 global metal scene.