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Featured Album
Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
Featured Death Metal Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Interior Wilderness (Drumcorps Remix) (2023)
06/19 @ Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, Nashville
Featured Groove Metal Album
The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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'The Luster of Pandemonium' (2005) is considered one of the most unrelentingly technical death metal albums ever recorded. Criminally obscure, the band dissolved shortly after.
Long-running atmospheric black metal project steeped in occult mysticism and ritualistic darkness, crafting dense, hypnotic compositions that blur the line between music and ceremony.
Symphonic melodic blackened death metal act from Jönköping, active since 2014. Crimson Moonlight delivers epic, multi-layered extreme metal from the Småland highlands.
Baltimore metalcore and progressive metal band threading intricate arrangements and shifting time signatures through emotionally charged riffs and dynamic vocal performances.
Death-thrash metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2018. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the cultural capital of Saxony.
Phoenix power metal band delivering triumphant, keyboard-laced anthems backed by precision guitar work and powerful vocals built for arenas and festival main stages alike.
California heavy metal act bringing a no-frills, high-energy approach to the genre — catchy riffs, driving rhythms, and a hard-hitting attitude that gets straight to the point.
Heavy thrash band from Eindhoven, formed in 2019. Crimson River delivers sharp, riff-driven metal from the North Brabant capital.
Flemington, New Jersey progressive metal band crafting intricate, layered compositions that reward careful listening with evolving song structures and technically accomplished musicianship.
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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.