Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
895 bands found
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal band formed near Mannheim in 2000, whose name translates as 'dance of death.' The group built their sound around authentic period instruments including bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, and shawm layered over modern rock and metal frameworks, establishing themselves as pioneers of the Mittelalter metal genre with their 2001 debut Tavernakel. Over more than two decades and a dozen studio albums, including Brot und Spiele (2018) and Für immer frei (2020), the band expanded their sonic palette to include orchestral arrangements, most recently collaborating with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on 2024's Finsterwacht.
Saor is a Scottish atmospheric black metal project formed by Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist Andy Marshall in 2013, rooted in the landscapes, history, and poetry of the Scottish Highlands. Marshall describes his music as 'Caledonian metal,' weaving Celtic folk melodies and traditional instrumentation into expansive black metal compositions without leaning on genre conventions. The project has released several acclaimed albums including Forgotten Paths, Origins, and Amidst the Ruins, establishing Saor as one of the most distinctive voices in European atmospheric and folk-influenced black metal.
Satarial have been channeling black, folk, gothic, and industrial metal since 2000, originating in Moscow before relocating to Poland. Their quarter-century of genre-fluid activity has produced one of the most eclectic catalogs in Eastern European metal.
Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band formed in Munich in the summer of 1998 by six musicians who united for a folk rock concert and chose to write original material rather than perform covers. The band's name translates roughly as 'malicious tongue,' and their sound pairs hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, and shawm with electric guitar and bass to create a distinctive Mittelalter rock blend. One of the main protagonists of the German medieval rock movement alongside Subway to Sally and In Extremo, Schandmaul has placed six albums in the German top ten charts, with Unendlich (2014) peaking at number two.
Schattentantz play folk metal and medieval folk from Wiesbaden, weaving historical instrumentation and Renaissance-era musical themes into their heavy compositions. Their Hessian capital base provides a historically rich backdrop for their period-inspired sound.
Scott Kelly is the longtime frontman of sludge-doom legends Neurosis, and his solo work — launched in Oakland in 2001 — strips the massive amplification away to reveal something rawer and more intimate: acoustic folk, sparse progressive structures, and the same scarred emotional intensity that defines his work with his main band. His voice, weathered and confessional, carries the weight of decades of extreme music through arrangements built on fingerpicked guitar and quiet devastation. It is metal's spirit filtered through folk's bones.
please update this band
Turin's Scummbar blend folk and heavy metal with a name nodding to the Monkey Island video game since 2026. Their playful reference masks a genuine commitment to merging traditional music with metal intensity.
Naples' Scuorn weave black, folk, and symphonic metal with a Neapolitan dialect name since 2008. Their use of local language and folk traditions creates a sound deeply rooted in Campanian cultural identity.
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.