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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Green Man Rising (Demo) (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Trondheim-based melodic black/death metal act active since 2018, threading sweeping melodies through a framework of extreme metal aggression. Their sound occupies the intersection where tremolo-picked black metal atmospherics meet death metal's guttural weight.
Progressive death metal outfit from Glasgow, formed in 2013. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
Sundsvall-based deathcore act active since 2011, fusing death metal's guttural extremity with metalcore's breakdown-heavy dynamics and modern production aesthetics. Their compositions alternate between blasting intensity and crushing, floor-dropping breakdowns.
Uncompromising death metal from The Hague, active since 2015. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
Perugia-based technical brutal death metal act delivering precise, punishing extremity since 2007. Their machine-gun drumming and labyrinthine riffing place them among Italy's most formidable entries in the global brutal death metal scene.
Uncompromising death metal from Bohus, active since 2020. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
German melodic death metal and metalcore band from Paderborn, formed in 2014. They combine melodic death metal's guitar harmonies with metalcore intensity.
Groove metal outfit from Manchester, formed in 2016. Their material trades in the satisfying crunch of heavy, rhythmically driven riffs that demand involuntary neck movement.
Progressive death metal outfit from Gosport/Fareham, formed in 2013. Their material navigates shifting tempos, unconventional song structures, and intricate instrumental interplay while maintaining the genre's essential aggression.
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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.