Explore World Metal
Featured Album
A Past Embrace (2022)
Featured Grindcore Album
Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
4643 bands found
Cetacean is a Los Angeles, California doom and sludge metal band building massive, slow-moving compositions out of grinding riffs and oppressive low-end heaviness. Their sound evokes the oceanic enormity suggested by their name, blending Southern-inflected sludge with crushing doom.
Black-doom project from Västmanland, formed in 2022. Cethegus — named after a Roman conspirator — merges atmospheric black metal with doom pacing.
Heavy and power metal band from Poznań, active since 2010. CETI has spent over fifteen years delivering anthemic traditional metal from the capital of Greater Poland.
Cetragore is a Quincy, Massachusetts death/thrash metal band combining the speed and riff intensity of thrash with the brutality and aggression of death metal. Their tight, energetic playing reflects the strong New England underground metal tradition.
Cetus is a Ventura, California band merging black and death metal extremity into a ferocious, uncompromising sound drawing on both genres' most aggressive elements. Their work captures the raw, underground energy of the California extreme metal scene.
please update this band
Dutch black metal project formed in 2014. Cexyst channels enigmatic black metal atmospheres.
Chaahk is a black metal band from Riverside, California, drawing thematic inspiration from Mesoamerican mythology — specifically the Maya rain and storm deity for whom they are named. Their sound channels raw aggression through a lens of ancient, pre-Columbian darkness.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2015. They blend Mayan-themed melodic death metal with metalcore dynamics.
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.