Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Let You Go (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Metalcore Album
Halo (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
5816 bands found
Arkham Asylum creates death metal from Venice since 2012, borrowing their name from the infamous fictional institution that houses Batman's most dangerous adversaries. Their comic-book horror identity informs a death metal approach steeped in madness and menace.
Arkham Circle is a death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2017, named after the fictional asylum from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, with a catalog spanning demos like Entangled by Damnation and Night over the Abyss to the albums Exist to Exit and Weapons of Choice. The band draws on Lovecraftian horror and dark themes to fuel their aggressive death metal approach.
Arkham Witch delivers doom and heavy metal from the West Yorkshire town of Keighley since 2012, their Lovecraftian name evoking the eldritch horror of Arkham Asylum. Over a decade of cosmic doom from the Airedale valley speaks to sustained commitment.
Arkhamian explores progressive death metal from Lizzano near Taranto in Puglia since 2018. Sharing the Lovecraftian reference of their name with countless extreme metal acts, they distinguish themselves through progressive complexity from the rural Ionian coast.
Arkhan were a death/black metal band from Monthey, Valais, Switzerland, active from 2001 to 2014, with founding members drawn from the black metal act Ipsum. Their two studio albums, "Dead End" (2003) and "M.A.C.H.I.N.E." (2006), fused brutal death metal riffing with melodic, keyboard-driven black metal atmospherics in a compositional style that grew increasingly structured over their career.
Crushing Progressive / Melodic Death Metal out of Texas.
Athens' Arkhangelsk conjure cold, northern-styled black metal despite their Mediterranean origins, named after the frigid Russian city as if summoning its icy desolation. Since 2016, they've crafted a sound that transcends geographic boundaries.
Arkhasis delivers heavy metal and speed metal from the Vosges town of Épinal since 2019, channeling the forested mountain landscape of Lorraine into high-velocity riffing. Their approach brings classic metal intensity to eastern France's highland region.
Arkhe delivers punishing thrash metal from the Basque town of Errenteria, carrying on the proud tradition of extreme music in Gipuzkoa province since 2012. Their aggressive output reflects the region's deep-rooted intensity.
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.