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
1842 bands found
Corpus Christi brutal death metal act Decrepited bring the full weight of South Texas's extreme metal underground to bear, crafting dense, gore-drenched brutality since 2019. A coastal city's answer to the genre's most uncompromising demands.
Midwest-based Decrescent have charted a fascinating arc since 2018 — beginning in the angular complexity of technical death metal before pivoting toward black metal's more atmospheric, elusive darkness. Both phases are united by a relentless drive toward extremity.
Formed in Nijlen, Antwerp in 2006, Decross play death and thrash metal with anti-religious lyrical themes rooted in the Belgian underground. The band appeared on the Deathmetal.be Sampler in 2012 and remained an independent, unsigned act throughout their run.
Decrowned is a melodic death metal band from Joensuu, Finland, formed in 2018. They play dethroning melodic death metal from eastern Finland.
Crown Point, Indiana's Decrypt have been merging technical death metal's precision with grindcore's ferocity since 2002, making them one of the longer-running acts in the region's extreme underground. Two decades in, the attack has only sharpened.
Decryptor is a death/thrash metal band from Fethard, Ireland, formed in 2021. The band deliver aggressive death-thrash from the Irish underground metal scene.
Decubitus is a death metal band from Thalheim, Germany, formed in 2015. They play crushing death metal with the patient menace their name suggests.
Ded Metal plays death metal from Dmitrov in Moscow Oblast, formed in 2023 and whose Russian-English hybrid name — "ded" meaning grandfather in Russian — adds a sardonic generational twist to classic death metal. Their name suggests death metal as a grandfather's music, played with tongue firmly in cheek.
Dedth plays brutal death metal and grindcore from Moscow, active since 2016 and whose deliberately misspelled name strips even the word "death" of its proper form. Their lo-fi, aggressive approach matches the chaotic energy of their mangled spelling.
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.