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Featured Album
Irrational Pull (2020)
Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Crushing Southern / Heavy Metal, Stoner / Doom Metal from College Station.
Iron Steel is a speed metal/punk band from Budapest, Hungary, active since 2018 and delivering high-velocity, exhilarating metal with relentless momentum. The project channels the urgency and excitement of speed metal.
Iron Swan is a sludge/doom/stoner metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom, active since 2013 and delivering crushing, fuzz-laden heaviness where doom's oppressive weight meets stoner metal's hazy grooves. The project channels low-end power and psychedelic atmosphere.
Thrash metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2019. Their predatory name channels thrash metal velocity from the Finnish capital.
Iron Tears is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Athens, Greece, active since 2025 and forging classic heavy metal with conviction and power. The project channels the timeless spirit of traditional metal riffage.
Iron Tomb is a death metal band from Birmingham, United Kingdom, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Iron Tyrant is a death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2013 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Iron Void is a doom metal act from Wakefield, United Kingdom, active since 2012 and channeling monolithic heaviness through its doom metal framework. The project delivers oppressive, glacially paced compositions.
Iron Walrus is a doom/sludge metal band from Osnabruck, Germany, active since 2014, crafting monolithic compositions of crushing heaviness. Over a decade, the band has forged a formidable sound that merges doom's glacial weight with sludge's abrasive filth.
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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.