Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Irrational Pull (Deluxe) (2020)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Death Metal Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
2654 bands found
Seattle's Hammer Strike emerged in 2026 drawing equally from death, thrash, and black metal — a Pacific Northwest act with no interest in picking just one lane of extreme metal aggression.
80s power/thrash act originally from New Orleans, relocated to Dallas. Their rare 1987 Return to Salem EP is a collector's item.
From Worcester in United Kingdom, this stoner rock/doom metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2015. Monolithic compositions and oppressive atmospheres define their crushing sound.
Heavy/thrash metal and metalcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2022. Their versatile sound bridges the gap between traditional heavy metal power, thrash velocity, and metalcore breakdowns from Germany's northern metropolis.
Thrash/death metal band from Grevenbroich, Germany, active since 2013. Their punishing crossover of thrash and death metal delivers relentless aggression from the Rhineland industrial heartland.
Santa Cruz County's HammerDown fuse heavy metal and hard rock with the laid-back coastal defiance only Northern California can produce, active since 2019 and built around thick riffs and road-tested grooves.
Ventura County, California's Hammered traffic in straight-up heavy metal with no frills and no apologies — the kind of band that reminds you why the genre thrived in suburban garages before arenas ever came calling. Active since 2019.
Portland's Hammered Grunts have been a fixture of the Pacific Northwest's crossover scene since 2012, smashing thrash and hardcore together with the anarchic energy of a backyard show that ran way too long.
Finnish heavy metal band from Lahti with a prolific six-album catalog spanning "Devil's Music" through "Remains." Releases like "All Hell Breaks Loose," "Roadkill," and "New War" channel relentless high-energy metal through a hard-hitting approach to the genre.
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.