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
2322 bands found
Painesville, Ohio's Hangnail have been grinding away since 1998, their thrash and grindcore roots keeping them lean and mean across nearly three decades of relentless, no-frills extremity.
Hanky-Panky is a stoner/thrash metal/punk band from Calais, France, active since 2015 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Based in South Sweden, this stoner/doom metal project has been a fixture of Sweden's underground since 2015. Glacial compositions unfold with crushing weight, exploring despair and transcendence.
Hardwaste is a stoner metal/rock band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2023 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Hariessa is a doom/sludge/stoner metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2023 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Evansville, Indiana's Harijin traffic in the low-and-slow heaviness of sludge and stoner metal, piling up fuzz-saturated riffs with the unhurried confidence of a band that trusts the groove. Formed in 2020, they lean hard into the hypnotic side of heavy.
Forged in Swansea's metal community, this sludge/stoner metal/rock act channels dark aggression since 2014. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
An established stoner/doom metal voice from Stoke-on-Trent, contributing to United Kingdom's underground since 2022. Slow, deliberate riffing and suffocating atmospheres form the foundation of their craft.
Rooted in Istanbul's underground, this doom/stoner metal project delivers dark compositions with conviction since 2019. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
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.