Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
1591 bands found
Saint Petersburg's Stalwart have been pairing death and thrash metal since 2010. Over a decade from the cultural capital, their name of unwavering resolve has shaped compositions of dual-genre determination.
Stammer is a death metal and grindcore band from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, formed in 2024, delivering short, explosive blasts of extremity that fuse grindcore's velocity with death metal's low-end brutality.
Stand Ablaze is a Pocatello, Idaho melodic death metal and metalcore band formed in 2021, combining the melodic harmonic sensibility of Scandinavian-influenced death metal with the structural intensity of metalcore.
Standing on a Floor of Bodies is a San Francisco, California brutal death metal and grindcore band formed in 2010, unleashing gory, technically precise extremity from one of the West Coast's most active underground metal cities.
Star Insight deliver melodic and symphonic death metal from the western Finnish city of Seinajoki, layering orchestral elements over aggressive melodeath frameworks. Active since 2014, they bring stellar insight to the Ostrobothnia extreme scene.
Star Monolith channel death/doom metal from the Finnish underground, building monumental, slow-motion compositions inspired by cosmic obelisks. Formed in 2022, they bring 2001-esque gravitas to the Finnish doom/death scene.
Formed in Mobile, Alabama in 2019, Starcaller plays melodic black/death metal that layers sweeping guitar harmonies and atmospheric tremolo work over blasting rhythmic aggression.
Melodic death metal band from Brasschaat near Antwerp, active since 1998, making them one of the longer-running melodic death metal acts in Belgium. Over a quarter century of activity reflects their deep commitment to the Scandinavian-influenced melodeath sound.
American melodic death metal act formed in 2020, Stargrave crafts melodically-driven death metal that balances aggressive riffing with sweeping lead guitar work and dynamic song structures.
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.