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
2540 bands found
Phoenix grindcore outfit Nooses have been delivering short, violent bursts of sonic punishment since 2018, channeling the genre's core ethos of maximum aggression in minimum time. Their music is blunt and uncompromising, built from jagged riffs, blast beats, and throat-shredding vocals that leave no room for subtlety. In a city better known for sun and sprawl, they carve out a relentlessly hostile niche.
Noostrak is a deathcore band from Havlickuv Brod in the Czech-Moravian Highlands, active since 2013. The band delivers breakdowns and blast beats from a small town at the geographic heart of the Czech Republic.
Oakland's Noothgrush have been a cornerstone of American sludge and doom since 1999, trading in down-tuned riffs of almost geological weight and tempos that drag like tar. Their approach pulls from the misery of early Eyehategod and the funeral pacing of traditional doom, forging a sound that feels less like music and more like a slow, deliberate punishment. Decades on, they remain one of the most revered names in the West Coast sludge underground.
Nora Cavern Age is an experimental death metal duo from Mogilev, Belarus, featuring vocalist Lewis Cameron and multi-instrumentalist George Holodzow. Their 2012 debut 'Mirrors in Me' blends death metal with doom, groove, and keyboards into an unconventional four-track journey.
Norah is a melodic death metal band from Hamburg, active since 2019. The band delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodeath from Germany's northern port city.
California's Norcvlt emerged in 2023 with a dedication to the atmospheric black metal tradition — expansive, frigid soundscapes built on tremolo-drenched guitars and a sense of vastness that dwarfs the individual. Despite being a recent arrival, the project demonstrates a clear command of the form, prioritizing texture and mood over brute force. The cult-spelling of the name signals an allegiance to underground aesthetics and an aversion to the mainstream.
Nord Skin is a stoner/doom metal band from Berlin, active since 2018. The band brings thick, riff-driven stoner doom to the German capital.
Nordafrost is a black metal band from Hagen in the Ruhr Valley, active since 2018. The band channels icy black metal from the industrial city at the southern edge of the Ruhr.
Nordal is a black metal project from Diepholz in Lower Saxony, active since 2020. The project delivers Nordic-tinged black metal from the marshlands of northwestern Germany.
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.