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
5816 bands found
Aurvandil has been channeling black metal from the Norman capital of Rouen since 2011, their Norse-mythological name referencing the father of Earendel, the morning star. Over a decade of atmospheric black metal reflects deep roots in Normandy's extreme metal community.
Aurvandir channels black and Viking metal from Stavanger since 2012, named after a figure in Norse mythology whose luminous toe became a star. From the oil capital of Norway, they mine different resources — mythological ore refined through extreme metal.
Auryn practices black metal from Salzburg since 2020, sharing their name with the magical amulet from Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story.' From Mozart's birthplace, they craft music that trades classical elegance for atmospheric hostility.
Montana black metal act whose provocative and controversial name reflects the genre's long tradition of boundary-pushing shock tactics from the Northern Rockies.
Ausgebombt is a heavy metal and punk band from Tubingen, Germany, formed in 2021, whose German name meaning 'bombed out' captures the raw, confrontational energy of their metal-punk crossover. Their releases include the self-titled debut, Wiedersehn macht Froide, a split EP with Nakam, and the Bomberliebe seven-inch on Kink Records.
Auslöschung merges black and death metal from Gotland since 2021. Their German name meaning 'extinction' or 'annihilation' brings a Teutonic severity to dual-genre compositions from Sweden's largest Baltic island.
Auspex explores progressive metal from the Alpine city of Grenoble since 2006, their Roman-augur name reflecting compositions that seek to divine meaning through complex musical structures. Two decades of activity make them one of the Isère's most enduring progressive metal acts.
Brewer, Maine black metal project whose EPs — Infinite Lights of Greater Stars and somewhere, I hear the falling dawn — bring poetic sensitivity to atmospheric black metal from the banks of the Penobscot River.
Aussichtslos (German for "hopeless") are a black metal project spanning Carinthia and Vienna, with album titles like Völlig Aussichtslos and Schicksalstotschlag that turn German vocabulary into instruments of nihilistic expression. Their music is raw, despairing black metal in the tradition of Scandinavian mid-90s acts, favouring primitive recording and unflinching thematic bleakness.
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.