Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Hands of Eternity (2024)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
AMENRA "Vanuytsel 7"" (2021)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Ad Astra (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
3993 bands found
Merlin is a hard rock and heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their sound draws from the dual traditions of hard rock groove and heavy metal power that have defined the Czech rock underground for decades.
Merlot is a gothic metal band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2017. They craft brooding gothic metal layered with dark romanticism and emotive heaviness.
Merodah is a groove/progressive metal band from Istanbul, Turkey, formed in 2017. They craft intricate progressive compositions with technical ambition.
A black metal project from Wetteren and later Herzele in East Flanders, Belgium, originally forming in 1996 as a one-man endeavor that circulated six songs on two private cassettes before going dormant. Revived in 2020, the band recorded 'Old Rites Revisited' (2022) at The Necrogarage in Merelbeke, revisiting early material with drummer LQW of Alkerdeel, and centering their lyrical themes around Belgian witch hunts, torture, and occult history.
Merowig is a black metal band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2013. They channel dark French black metal through a Merovingian-inspired historical lens.
Merrimack is a black metal band from Paris, France, active since 2002, described as an enigmatic force exploring Luciferian spirituality through extreme metal. Their catalog from Ashes of Purification through 2024's Of Grace and Gravity channels fierce, melodic black metal with philosophical depth.
Merrin is a post-rock, ambient, and doom metal band from London and Northampton, England, formed in 2013. They blend post-rock's atmospheric beauty with doom metal's crushing weight.
Portland, Oregon's Merrow is the vehicle of guitarist Keith Merrow, a player with an international reputation in progressive and technical metal circles whose work under this banner since 2021 channels his formidable technical command into dense, atmospheric progressive metal. The project reflects Merrow's ear for tonal depth alongside his ability to construct intricate compositions that feel muscular rather than sterile.
A black metal project from Bratislava, Mertykhuwar has been crafting dark compositions since 2023. The project delivers atmospheric black metal from the Slovak capital.
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.