Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Vault Of Horrors (2024)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
357 bands found
Action Jackson are a death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2012, who blend multiple strains of modern extreme metal. Their sound navigates the intersection of death metal aggression, melodic precision, and metalcore dynamics from the heart of Germany's capital.
Ad Vitam explores progressive and melodic death metal from Sant'Antioco, a small island off southwestern Sardinia, since 2016. Their Latin name meaning 'to life' inverts death metal's typical preoccupation with mortality, bringing a life-affirming progressive vision from one of Italy's most remote settings.
Adam Eytan is a progressive and melodic death metal solo artist from Hartford, Connecticut. The project blends technical precision with melodic sensibility within a framework of modern progressive death metal.
Adamah delivers melodic death metal from Lidköping on the shores of Lake Vänern since 2014. Named after the Hebrew word for 'earth' or 'ground,' over a decade of rooted compositions have grown from this Västergötland lakeside town.
Addendum delivers melodic death metal from Bergen since 2022. Their scholarly name — referring to supplementary material — suggests compositions that build upon and extend the Gothenburg tradition from Norway's western coast.
Adiant are a symphonic metal band from Styria, Austria, who released their debut album Killing Dreams in November 2021 and followed it with Witches Dance in September 2024. Their sound combines orchestral arrangements with melodic death metal heaviness, drawing comparisons to continental European symphonic metal acts.
Adimiron has undergone a striking evolution from melodic death and black metal into progressive thrash and death territory since forming in Rome in 2009. Their willingness to reinvent their sound speaks to the creative restlessness of the Roman extreme metal underground.
Aduanten is a melodic death metal band from Austin, Texas. With two EPs — 2021's "Sullen Cadence" and 2025's "Apocryphal Verse" — the band delivers tightly constructed melodic death metal that adds to Austin's growing extreme metal presence.
Aegis channels melodic death metal from Schleswig in Germany's northernmost state since 2016. Their shield-like name protects a core of Scandinavian-influenced melodicism, naturally suited to their proximity to the Danish border.
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.