Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
318 bands found
Slagmarken blend black metal with pagan themes from Lower Saxony, combining the genre's harsh intensity with pre-Christian spiritual elements. Active since 2012, they've spent over a decade at the intersection of extreme metal and paganism.
Yaroslavl's Sonnenbrand pair pagan and black metal from the Golden Ring city since 2023. Their German name meaning "sunburn" channels solar intensity through compositions rooted in the pagan heritage of old Russia.
Spania channel pagan black metal from Barcelona, drawing on pre-Christian Iberian traditions to fuel their extreme compositions. Formed in 2023, they bring Hispano-pagan intensity to the Catalan black metal scene.
Staroslovanska Pitka channel pagan black metal and punk from Koprivnice, fusing Slavic pagan themes with raw, aggressive energy. Their Czech-language name (roughly "Old Slavic Drinking Session") suggests a celebratory, heathen spirit that infuses their music.
Pagan black metal band from Eagle, Colorado, formed in 2018, combining the harsh atmospherics and raw intensity of black metal with the folk and nature-worshipping themes of the pagan metal tradition.
Sturmfolk channel pagan black metal from North Rhine-Westphalia, fusing pre-Christian themes with the aggressive intensity of black metal. Formed in 2024, they bring Germanic pagan traditions to the western German underground.
Sturmvater ("Storm Father") blend pagan black metal with ambient textures from Lower Saxony, creating atmospheric compositions that channel Odinic themes. Active since 2016, they bring divine, storm-wielding intensity to the North German underground.
Suremad blend black metal with pagan themes and punk energy from the Brandenburg region, creating a raw, volatile hybrid. Active since 2017, they bring heathen fury to the eastern German underground.
Surtalog craft progressive and pagan black metal from Cologne, blending cerebral composition with pre-Christian Nordic mythology. Formed in 2019, they bring the fire of Surtr's Norse apocalypse to the Rhineland's experimental black metal scene.
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.