Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
Browse World Metal Bands
159 bands found
Groover are a grindcore project born in 2021 that dispenses with everything non-essential — just blast beats, chainsaw riffs, and a ruthless economy of expression. Short songs, high damage, no filler.
Grotesque Impalement is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2018, dealing in the most extreme end of the Baden death metal scene. The band delivers relentless, gory brutality from the gateway to the Black Forest.
Grotesquerie is an international death metal and goregrind trio split between Lausanne, Switzerland and Brisbane, Australia, formed in 2022. Their debut Composted Beyond Recognition (2022) was followed by the 2025 EP Uninhabited Plane, which was recorded at DTR Studio in Switzerland and mastered at Earhammer Studio in Oakland.
Gruesome Stuff Relish is a death metal and goregrind band from Mieres in Asturias, Spain, active since 2002, blending extreme metal with B-movie horror imagery across releases like Teenage Giallo Grind (2002) and Horror Rises From The Tomb (2008). Their sound has been described as 'groovin' cannibalistic bloodthirst,' pairing crushing riffs with schlocky horror film aesthetics.
Gruiiiik is a Parisian goregrind project active since 2020, embracing a self-described "no lyrics, no talent" ethos of raw, unpolished extremity. Their releases include Demo 2020 and Ça Parle de Ta Mère!, delivering irreverent grind chaos.
Grumo is a grindcore/death metal band from Modena, formed in 2015, having evolved from earlier goregrind/noise origins. Their shift toward more structured grindcore reflects a maturing approach to extreme music.
Grunk is a grindcore band from Rugby in Warwickshire, formed in 2020. They deliver short, violent blasts of grindcore from the English Midlands.
Grusterror is a black metal, crust, and grindcore hybrid from Marseille, France, fusing the raw aggression of crust punk with black metal's darkness and grindcore's velocity. Their releases include Desolation and Medieval Torture for Traders.
Grymt is a death metal and grindcore act from Paris, France, delivering ferocious blasts of extreme music rooted in the traditions of both genres. The project channels unrelenting intensity through its grinding approach to heaviness.
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.