Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
2569 bands found
Tear Gas and Plate Glass was a sludge/doom metal band from York, active from 2002 to 2007, founded by brothers Matthew and Nathan Dick. Citing influences like Godflesh, Electric Wizard, and Iron Monkey, their final EP 'Vantage' was recorded in Holland before the band disbanded to pursue other projects.
Teerlong merge the corrosive atmospheres of black metal with sludge metal's low-end brutality from the Utrecht Province in the Netherlands. Since 2017, this Dutch act has explored the bleak intersection where Scandinavian-influenced tremolo riffing meets the swampy weight of American sludge.
Teeth to the Flesh from Clermont-Ferrand deliver sludge metal and hardcore with the carnivorous intensity their dental name demands since 2019. Their Auvergne base, at the foot of the Chaîne des Puys volcanic range, provides suitably violent geology for their crushing sound.
Tehom from Paris have been crafting doom and sludge metal since 1996 under a name referencing the primordial abyss of ancient Near Eastern mythology. Nearly three decades of abyssal heaviness from the French capital make them one of the longest-running doom acts in France.
Telepathy is an atmospheric sludge/post-metal band from Colchester, Essex, active since 2011, crafting heavy cinematic instrumental music that alternates between dreamlike passages and crushing sonic intensity. Their 2025 album 'Transmissions' continues their exploration of atmospheric depth across seven extended compositions spanning over 50 minutes.
Temples is a sludge/stoner/doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2013. They combine sludge, stoner, and doom into a crushing wall of heaviness.
Ten Ton Slug is a sludge and groove metal band from Galway, Ireland, formed in 2015. Their 2024 debut album Colossal Oppressor features Karl Willetts of Bolt Thrower fame, showcasing their massive, riff-laden sound honed through years sharing stages with Crowbar and Corrosion of Conformity.
Peoria, Illinois' Tentacle Grave arrived in 2024 with a doom/sludge sound built for the bleak flatlands of central Illinois — slow, heavy, and grimly purposeful. As a new act they're already carving a distinct path through the mire, combining sludge's punk-derived hostility with doom's meditative weight into something cohesive and suffocating.
Formed in San Diego in 2023, Terminating Death are among the newer voices in the city's underground, working the intersection of blackened sludge and doom metal with a sense of controlled devastation. Their sound layers black metal's corrosive atmosphere over sludge's lumbering heaviness — slow, dark, and entirely uninterested in accessibility.
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.