Explore World Metal
Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Free the Witch EP (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
18053 bands found
Grimwind is a melodic death/power metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, active since 2018 and blending the aggression of melodeath with power metal's soaring energy. The project delivers dual-genre intensity from the Volga.
Grin in Fear is a melodic death metal band from Cagliari, Sardinia, formed in 2019. They deliver melodic death metal from the Sardinian capital.
Grind Convulsion are a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Santa Fe, Argentina, signed to Inhuman Therapy Records. Their 2014 EP "Rebirth of Blood" includes tracks such as "Putrefaction In Crescendo," "Grotesque Deformity," and "While I Use Your Remains," along with two live recordings from the GFF '13 festival. The band also contributed tracks to the Argentine extreme metal compilations "Argentina Extrema Vol. 2" (2015) and "8 Ways to the Internal Rot" (2016), with Pat on bass, Juan C. on guitar, and Ismael on drums.
Grind Inc. is a death metal band from Krefeld, Germany, active since 2003, with over two decades of relentless death metal from the Lower Rhine industrial city. The band is a veteran presence in the North Rhine-Westphalia extreme metal scene.
Grind Zero is a death metal band from Milan, formed in 2017. They deliver aggressive death metal from the Lombard capital.
Grind-O-Matic is a death metal/grindcore band from Paris, active since 2006. They deliver mechanized, relentless grindcore and death metal from the French capital, their name suggesting the automated precision of their approach.
Grindead is a death metal and grindcore outfit from Porto, Portugal, grinding since 2019. They contribute to Porto's thriving extreme metal community with relentless brutality.
Grindeals is a grindcore and death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2020. The independent act explores lyrical themes of violence, psychological struggle, death, and addiction within a brutal extreme metal framework.
Berdiansk-based brutal death metal and grindcore act active since 2016, delivering grinding extremity from southeastern Ukraine's Azov Sea coast. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
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.