Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
202 bands found
D-Compose is a Dutch grindcore act from Amsterdam, active since 2011 and delivering rapid-fire blasts of sonic decomposition. Their hyphenated name neatly describes their musical process: breaking conventional song structures down to their most volatile, fragmented elements.
D.D.T. is a death metal/grindcore band from the Midlands, England, formed in 2023. They deliver toxic extremity from the English heartland.
D.E.F.A.M.E. plays goregrind from Kaluga south of Moscow, active since 2015 and delivering the medical-horror-themed sonic carnage that defines the genre. Their acronymic name wraps the defamatory intent of their music in bureaucratic formatting.
D.E.R. is a grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose name stands for "Desordem e Regresso" (Disorder and Regress), a deliberate inversion of the phrase "Ordem e Progresso" (Order and Progress) found on the Brazilian flag. Self-described as practitioners of "Tropical Grindcore," the band delivers politically charged, high-velocity music and released the full-length "Tempo Severo" in 2026 through Cospe Fogo Gravações.
A different beast entirely from their New York namesake, this Louisiana outfit from Cut Off smears sludge, death metal, and grindcore into something swampy and suffocating. The combination is as caustic as the bayou heat.
D.L.M. is a grindcore band from Não-Me-Toque, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2019 and active in the country's underground extreme music scene. The band channels anti-fascist and politically critical themes through their grindcore sound, operating as an independent act in the broader tradition of Brazilian grindcore.
D.T.W. is a death metal and grindcore band from Nova Gorica, Slovenia, formed in 2018. The project delivers savage grinding death metal from the Italian border.
Unhinged Grindcore from Brownsville/Mission/Edinburg.
Dahmer Disposal is a crust and noise-fueled grindcore trio from Montevecchio in southern Sardinia, featuring Jolly Roger on guitar and vocals, Plinio on drums, and Memetron on bass. Their releases, including the Crust In Piss 7-inch and a split with Virosis, deliver confrontational, abrasive blasts of noise-drenched extremity.
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.