Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
2540 bands found
This Belém trio — Rodrigo Barros on guitar and vocals, Cosme dos Santos on bass, and Paulo Wallace on drums — deal in fast, working-class crossover thrash with lyrics that swing between urban violence, horror film nods, and a frank affection for cachaça. Their 2015 album De Ressaca no Inferno captures the raw, sweat-soaked energy of the northern Brazilian underground.
Netra is a depressive black metal, trip hop, and ambient project from Quimper in Brittany, France, blending extreme metal with electronic and ambient textures. The project defies genre boundaries by weaving trip hop atmospheres into depressive black metal frameworks.
Netrist is a black metal project from Budapest, Hungary, with roots stretching back to 1991. As one of the earliest black metal acts in Hungary, they hold a pioneering position in the country's extreme metal history.
NettleCarrier is a black metal project from Oslo, Norway, active since 2015. Their botanical name adds an unexpected natural element to their dark sound.
Ankara melodic death metal act formed in 2019, weaving melodic sophistication through death metal's aggressive framework from Turkey's capital. Their approach channels Scandinavian melodeath's emotive range.
Netuno Doom blended stoner and sludge with progressive and doom textures, threading science fiction and Lovecraftian cosmic horror through slow, heavy riffs. The Fortaleza trio of Adriano Alves, Hewerson Freitas, and Bosco Lacerda released the conceptual EP The Universe The Prison in 2018, one of the more distinctive stoner/doom efforts to emerge from the northeast Brazilian underground.
Neton is a death/black metal band from Barcelona, formed in 2024. The project brings extreme metal ferocity to the Catalan capital's metal scene.
Slovak sludge/doom metal project launched in 2025, delivering crushing sonic weight from the country's underground. Their oppressive approach channels the most suffocating traditions of both genres.
Neumondmesse is a post-black metal project from Lower Austria, originally founded as 'Frostnacht' in 2006 before adopting its current name. Their releases 'Innere Weiten' and 'Die Euphorie des Anfangs' continue the project's evolution from its early black metal roots into expansive post-black territory.
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.