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
9189 bands found
Port St. Lucie's Tock have been mixing power metal's melodic firepower with thrash's aggression and alternative metal's hooks since 2012, a Florida act that keeps things energetic and genre-fluid without losing sight of the riff.
Dallas crossover outfit Tolar have been blending thrash aggression with death metal ferocity since 2014, delivering high-velocity riffs and punk-driven energy that keeps their sound firmly rooted in the pit-ready tradition of Texas heavy music.
Toleada is a thrash metal band from Ventureira, Spain, formed in 2020. They play aggressive thrash from the Galician underground.
Racine, Wisconsin thrash act Tolerance formed in 2023, channeling the genre's classic aggression into a lean, modern package that carries the spirit of old-school speed metal into the current underground.
Prescott, Arizona's Tolerant bring a melodic edge to their thrash metal approach, tempering sharp riffing and driving rhythms with hooks that set them apart from straightforward speed metal acts in the Southwest scene.
Tomb Hazard is a thrash metal band from Birmingham, active since 2015. Their music brings ripping thrash aggression to the city that birthed heavy metal, continuing Birmingham's proud tradition of extreme music.
Tombflower from the Hamburg/Berlin axis merge death metal, thrash, and hardcore into an aggressive hybrid that blooms with dark vitality since 2022. Their paradoxical name — life growing from death — mirrors the creative tension between their punishing genres.
Lexington, Kentucky's Tombstalker have spent over a decade sharpening their thrash-infused death metal since 2010, developing a sound that draws equally from both genres' most aggressive qualities and occupies a natural niche in the Southern underground.
San Diego's Tombstones have been mining the overlap between death and thrash metal since 2009, producing material that channels the early-90s American extreme metal sound with a West Coast rawness entirely their own.
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.