Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Groove Metal Album
State Of Unrest (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
2569 bands found
Sludge and post-metal act from the wine-growing village of Dobrovo v Brdih, formed in 2017 and crafting expansive sonic landscapes from Slovenia's western border region. Their atmospheric heaviness bridges the crushing weight of sludge with post-metal's cinematic scope.
Goram is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Bristol, formed in 2016. Named after the legendary Bristol giant of folklore, they deliver massive, earth-shaking heaviness from one of England's heaviest cities.
Goreamore is a sludge/death metal band from Warsaw, formed in 2022. They deliver heavy, visceral sludge and death metal from the Polish capital.
Gorelem is a stoner/sludge/doom metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015, combining stoner rock's grooves with sludge and doom metal's crushing heaviness. The band brings low-and-slow heavy riffing to Berlin's diverse underground scene.
Connecticut's Gorge have been filling the space between doom and sludge with dense, slow-rolling heaviness since 2015 — Simsbury's contribution to a tradition of New England bands that take the heavy in heavy metal seriously.
Gorilla Monsoon is a sludge metal band from Dresden, Germany, founded in May 2001, known for their "distinctive and fucking murdering heavy sound" and brutal live performances. Their catalog includes Damage King (2006), Extermination Hammer (2008), and Firegod - Feeding the Beast (2015).
Gorilla Warrior is a doom and sludge metal trio from Oulu, Finland, consisting of Eetu Heikkinen on guitars and vocals, Tuomas Ojala on drums, and Olli Heikkinen on bass, self-described as creating 'primal noises.' Their 2026 debut Destroyer delivers five tracks of crushing doom-sludge including the eight-minute dirge Slow Crawl Towards Death.
Gormless is a sludge/doom metal band from the United Kingdom, formed in 2017. Their self-deprecating British name contrasts with the serious heaviness of their sludge/doom approach.
Gortaigh is a psychedelic sludge/doom metal band from the Krasnodar Krai in southern Russia, formed in 2026 and blending mind-bending psychedelia with crushing sludge and doom. The project delivers hazy, oppressive 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.