Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Masters of Morbidity (2022)
Featured Power Metal Album
No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
2082 bands found
Imperial Sin is a groove/death metal band from Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland, active since 2011 and combining death metal's brutality with groove metal's rhythmic punch. The project delivers accessible yet crushing heaviness.
New York City's Imperial Triumphant are one of the most distinctive voices in avant-garde black metal, sculpting dissonant, jazz-inflected nightmares that evoke Manhattan's architectural excess and moral rot. Their work since 2010 reads like a fever dream scored to the skyline.
Imperialist is a thrash metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2018 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
Imperio is a power metal band founded in Buenos Aires in August 1996 by guitarists Gustavo Gorosito and Wan Lee alongside vocalist Christian Bertoncelli, becoming one of the most prominent power metal acts in Argentina. Their second album Paz en la tormenta (2000) featured guest appearances by Roland Grapow, guitarist of German legends Helloween, and the band later released the live album Regreso vivo (2008) and the studio album Latidoamérica (2010).
A brand new Portland outfit formed in 2025, Imperiosus waste no time blending thrash's velocity with classic heavy metal's groove and swagger, arriving fully formed and already swinging hard.
Imperious is an epic black metal band from Bayreuth, Germany, active since 2011, crafting grandiose, sweeping compositions in the tradition of epic black metal's most ambitious practitioners. Based in the city famous for Wagner's operas, the band channels that same sense of grandeur into extreme metal.
Imperious Mortality is a brutal death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2021, dealing in maximum-intensity sonic violence from the Danish capital. The band channels the genre's most extreme tendencies through punishing, guttural compositions.
Los Angeles power/speed metal outfit Imperious Rex arrived in 2021 with regal ambition, stacking high-register vocals over galloping rhythms in the tradition of classic US power metal with a West Coast gleam.
Imperishable is a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
World Metal Index indexes hundreds of World 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 World 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 World 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 World 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 World metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse World 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 World 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 World 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 World metal scene.