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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
Black Ninja (2013)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Progressive power metal band from Spain, active since 2010. They blend soaring power metal melodies with progressive complexity and intricate arrangements.
Heavy metal band from Horw, Switzerland. They craft powerful, melodic heavy metal with an emphasis on anthemic songwriting and strong vocal performances.
Gainesville, Florida's Crystal Balls fuse black metal fury with crushing doom tempos, creating a suffocating atmosphere unique to the Sunshine State underground. Their music is cold and unrelenting.
Power metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2022. They deliver melodic, anthemic power metal from the Finnish capital.
Power and heavy metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2021. They deliver melodic, crystalline power metal from the Greek capital.
Gothic melodic death metal band from the Karlsruhe/Stuttgart area, Germany, active since 2004. They merge dark gothic atmospheres with melodic death metal harmonies across two decades of activity.
Worcester, Massachusetts duo Crystal Dagger play high-energy heavy and speed metal with a classic 80s edge, channeling the raw spirit of early metal into hook-laden, fist-pumping songs.
Heavy metal band from Plattling in Lower Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2017. They deliver classic heavy metal from the Bavarian Danube region.
Hailing from the remote West Texas desert town of Marfa, Crystal Deth craft slow, oppressive sludge metal that mirrors the barren landscape around them. Their sound is as desolate and crushing as the Chihuahuan Desert.
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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.