Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
1850 bands found
When Kraanston emerged in 2016 from Turin, they brought with them a sound rooted in sludge metal and thrash metal — all Southern-fried heaviness with hardcore punk's confrontational energy. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Atmospheric post-black metal project from Augsburg, formed in 2025 and building vast, immersive soundscapes over tremolo-picked foundations. Their sound blends post-rock's dynamic crescendos with black metal's intensity.
The Ukrainian city of Kyiv serves as headquarters for this heavy metal operation, whose arsenal includes leather-and-studs authenticity in a modern framework. The spirit of NWOBHM burns bright in their songwriting.
A product of the Netherlands' punishingly heavy metal scene, this Groningen-based thrash metal act channels mosh-pit-inducing aggression with tightly wound precision. Active since 2024, the tempo rarely drops below neck-breaking speed.
Stoner/doom metal band from Greenock on Scotland's Clyde coast, formed in 2020 and named with a nod to German industrial aesthetics. Their sound merges stoner metal's groove-driven fuzz with doom's ponderous heaviness.
Parisian brutal death metal collective formed in 2019, delivering relentless, grinding extremity rooted in the French underground scene. Their Bandcamp presence points to a label-oriented collective approach to releasing punishing, uncompromising death metal.
Munich black metal project formed in 2020, channeling dark aggression from Bavaria's capital city. Their output contributes to the growing diversity of the southern German black metal underground.
Atmospheric black metal project from the UK, formed in 2024 and crafting immersive, texture-rich compositions that prioritize mood and expansive soundscapes. The project weaves tremolo guitars and ambient layers into sweeping atmospheric black metal.
Long Island's Kraegeloth has been honing melodic death metal since 2017, bringing Scandinavian-influenced craft to New York's dense and competitive extreme metal underground. Their emphasis on melody and atmosphere distinguishes them from the region's more brutality-focused acts.
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.