Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
No Cross No Crown (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
9189 bands found
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland, active since 2013. They deliver relentless, fast-paced thrash from the Finnish capital.
Crossover thrash act from Kraków, formed in 2018. Cebulandia — a playful Polish name referencing onions — delivers punk-fueled thrash with tongue-in-cheek humor.
Ceifador is a one-man thrash and speed metal project from Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil, created by Clayton Maximinus, a former guitarist of the thrash band Alcoholikiller. Active from 2003 through approximately 2020, the project released a string of independent albums including “Alcoholic Speed Metal” (2010), “Heavy Metal 666” (2014), and “All Hell Breaking Loose” (2020), all self-described as “Alcoholic Speed Metal from Hell.”
Ceiffador is a thrash metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band is listed on the Encyclopaedia Metallum and maintains an active presence in the Brazilian underground thrash scene. Their name, a deliberate alternate spelling of the Portuguese word for “reaper,” reflects the aggressive, death-fixated aesthetic common to the Brazilian thrash tradition.
Brutal Death Metal from Houston, Texas / Seattle, Washington / Phoenix, Arizona (early); Houston, Texas (later).
Celestial Demise plays melodic, anthem-driven power metal with soaring vocals, harmony-rich guitar arrangements, and an epic sensibility drawn from the European power metal tradition transplanted to Boston. Their approach favors grandiose song structures and polished, dramatic performances.
Dutch thrash metal band formed in 2015. Cellarpigs delivers raw, aggressive thrash with a no-frills approach.
Celtic Frost formed in Zürich, Switzerland in June 1984 when guitarist Thomas Gabriel Fischer and bassist Martin Eric Ain dissolved their previous band Hellhammer and rebuilt with more ambitious musical goals. Their first two records, Morbid Tales (1984) and To Mega Therion (1985), were foundational texts for extreme metal, directly influencing the development of black, death, and doom metal. After a long hiatus, the band reformed and released the critically acclaimed Monotheist in 2006 before disbanding permanently in 2008 when Fischer departed to form Triptykon.
Melodic death-power-thrash act from Udine in Friuli, formed in 2020. Celtic Hills blends folk-tinged melodies with aggressive extreme metal in a genre-crossing approach.
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.