Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
888 bands found
Warsaw, Poland — black metal, death metal, and thrash metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2006, they deal in raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Des Moines black metal act Empire have been working in the shadows since 2011, pursuing the genre's most raw and elemental qualities from the middle of a Midwest that rarely gets credit for its underground extremity.
Lansing's Empire Auriga occupy a precise and distinctive corner of the metal map, fusing black metal's atmospheric hostility with industrial texture and ambient structure in a way that has made them one of Michigan's more singular exports.
Empire of Darkness was a black metal band from Dois Irmãos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The band explored lyrical themes of conspiracies, death, disillusionment, and war before splitting up.
Thessaloniki-based black metal act, active since 2019 delivering dissonant chord progressions shrouded in reverb-drenched malice. Rooted in Greece's distinctively melodic extreme metal scene, atmosphere and hostility share equal billing in their work.
Empire of Souls is a black metal band from Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots going back to 1995. The band draws on themes of occultism and Satanism, and released their debut full-length Revenge Circle through Nocturnal Age Records in 2003, later returning to activity after a hiatus with a 2015 single Si Vis Pacem, Para Belum.
Drawing from Athens's musical fabric, this Greek act forges Black Metal built on second-wave ferocity filtered through modern production sensibilities. Their recordings conjure desolation through sheets of tremolo-picked guitar.
Brussels-based experimental metal act active since 2017, evolving from black/death metal origins into a haunting blend of post-metal and post-punk. Their 2021 album "Vide" was conceived as a claustrophobic journey recorded in apartments, a cabin, and on a rooftop during the pandemic.
Part of Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape, this act channels black metal with a focus on icy tremolo lines cascading over relentless percussion. Formed in 2014, based in Chaplygin, their sound honors the second wave while forging its own path.
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.