Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Divine (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
Browse World Metal Bands
389 bands found
Heavy/thrash/black metal band from Iași, Romania, active since 2014. Their triple-genre approach delivers aggressive metal from the Moldavian capital.
San Diego's Ruinist play a driving blend of melodic death and thrash metal, carving out riff-heavy arrangements that balance aggression with melodic purpose since their formation in 2014.
Thrash/death metal band from Preston, England, formed in 2023. Their approach merges thrash velocity with death metal's heaviness from Lancashire.
New Jersey's Ruins have been grinding out heavy, fuzz-saturated stoner metal since 2001, drawing on the genre's psychedelic and blues-soaked roots with a sound built for low-end punishment.
Ruins of Time is a death/heavy/thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 1997 by guitarist Christos Chatzikonstandinos and drummer Juan Araya. After disbanding in 2003, members went on to form Phidion and join Hostile Reaction, but their catalog remains available including their 1998 demo.
Speed/thrash/folk metal band from Zagreb, Croatia, formed in 2025. Their pirate-themed approach blends high-velocity thrash with nautical folk metal revelry.
Rumble Militia is a crossover thrash metal band from Bremen, Germany, reformed in 2020 with a politically conscious approach. Their 2020 album Set the World on Fire features tracks like Athens is Burning and No Nazis, delivering punked-out metal with attitude and message.
Hard-hitting Melodic Groove Metal / Metalcore from Dallas.
Running Death is a thrash metal band from Kaufbeuren in the Allgäu region of Bavaria, Germany, active since 2010. Over a decade of thrash metal from the foothills of the Bavarian Alps makes them a fixture of the southern German 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.