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
2322 bands found
Drudge is a groove/stoner metal band from Germany, formed in 2023. They deliver heavy, sludgy grooves and stoner metal riffs.
Druganaut is a stoner metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, formed in 2011. The band deliver hazy, riff-heavy stoner metal rooted in the heavy psychedelic tradition.
Druglord plays stoner/doom metal from the Netherlands, active since 2012 and ruling over a kingdom of fuzz-drenched heaviness. Their narcotics-kingpin name captures the intoxicating, mind-altering quality of their slow, heavily distorted compositions.
Fremont's Druid surfaced in 2018 playing doom and stoner metal with a California haze built into every riff — slow-rolling tempos, fuzz-heavy tones, and an emphasis on hypnotic groove over urgency. The Bay Area underground has long supported this kind of deliberate, weight-focused heavy music, and Druid fits naturally into that lineage.
Herndon, Virginia's Druid Stone formed in 2021 playing stoner and doom metal with a noise rock edge that keeps their sound from settling into pure genre comfort. The Northern Virginia suburb isn't a traditional heavy metal hub, which may explain the band's willingness to let noise and texture intrude on the expected fuzz-and-riff formula.
Druids is a doom and stoner metal band from Cremona, Italy, formed in 2009. The project delivers heavy, ritualistic doom and stoner metal from the Lombardy underground.
Drunk Diver is a grindcore, sludge, and stoner metal band from Lviv, Ukraine, formed in 2013. The project blends grinding extremity with sludge and stoner weight.
Drunken Crocodiles is a sludge and stoner metal band from Parma, Italy, formed in 2013. The project channels heavy, fuzzed-out sludge and stoner riffs from the Emilia-Romagna scene.
Dryweed is a stoner metal/rock band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver dry, sun-baked stoner grooves from Andalusia.
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.