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
5817 bands found
Linz-based post-metal outfit Anderwelt craft dystopian soundscapes that wrestle with technology, nature, and speculative futures. Their discography — including albums like 2084 and Trinity of Decay — pairs heavy instrumentation with science-fiction narratives, reaching a conceptual peak with the single "Transanimalism," which imagines superintelligent machines controlled by endangered animals.
San Antonio, Texas doom metal project named after the volcanic rock.
Lancaster death metal project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Andhrimnir channels black metal with Viking themes from Birmingham since 2021, named after the cook who feeds the warriors in Valhalla. Their Norse-mythological inspiration feeds compositions rooted in the warrior traditions of the Viking age.
Andkristur is a raw black metal solo project from Neuquén, Argentina, dealing in themes of occultism, anti-Christianity, and esoteric darkness. The project operates in an almost entirely instrumental mode, releasing a succession of demos and full-lengths including Triumphant Darkness (Demo III), The War of Evil (Demo II), and the full-length Mors Sinistri Cruci. The Latin-titled releases reflect the project's embrace of classical anti-Christian black metal aesthetics.
Andra is a power metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2007, channeling the soaring vocals, melodic guitar work, and epic compositions that define the power metal genre. Based near the borders of Belgium and the Netherlands, the band draws from Germany's deep power metal tradition.
Andracca channels black metal from Lancashire since 2018, their Old English name connecting them to Anglo-Saxon heritage. Their northwest English origins feed a sound steeped in the pre-Norman darkness of the region.
Andragonia is a progressive metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2007, whose debut album "Secrets in the Mirror" (2010) was elected Best Brazilian Progressive Metal Album of that year and featured a video aired on Brazilian MTV. The band blends complex song structures and powerful guitar work across three studio albums — "Secrets in the Mirror" (2010), "Memories" (2012), and "Oxygen" (2016) — placing them among the more prominent acts in Brazil's progressive metal scene.
Andralls is a São Paulo thrash metal band formed in 1998 (active as a recording act from 2000), whose name references the historic Andraus building fire that killed 16 people in the city in 1972. Known for a self-described "fasthrash" style that pushes the tempo to near-death metal extremes, they have released albums including "Massacre, Corruption, Destruction" (2000), "Inner Trauma" (2005), "Breakneck" (2012), and "Bleeding for Thrash" (2019), the latter receiving a 9/10 from Metal Temple for its ferocious riff work and relentless aggression.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
World Metal Index indexes hundreds of global 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 global 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 global 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 global 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 global metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse global 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 global 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 global 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 global metal scene.