Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Heavy Metal Album
Agamemnon (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
5257 bands found
Twin Falls, Idaho's Serpens Cauda bring technical progressive metal out of an unlikely locale, pursuing intricate compositional structures and demanding musicianship in a region rarely spotlighted for extreme metal since the band's 2021 formation.
Serpens Exitiale channel melodic black/death metal from the Danish underground, their Latin name ("Fatal Serpent") evoking venomous lethality. Active since 2018, they bring serpentine menace to Scandinavian extreme metal.
Serpens Luminis channel black and death metal through an occult lens, with their name ("Serpent of Light") reflecting a preoccupation with esoteric symbolism. Their Swiss project merges the aggression of extreme metal with mystical, serpentine atmospheres.
Serpens Lvx practice black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2023. Their Latin name meaning "serpent light" channels ophidian illumination into compositions of anonymous darkness.
Formed in 2025 out of Gilroy, California, Serpent and the Sun drive a groove-heavy thrash metal sound rooted in riff-forward aggression and thick rhythmic punch — a brand-new presence in the Bay Area's deep-rooted thrash tradition.
Serpent Christ is a death metal band from Punto Fijo, Falcón, Venezuela, active since 2005. The band released two full-lengths on their own — Ten Lies and Seven Glories (2006) and Mortuus in Anima (2008) — with lyrical themes centered on evil, anti-Christianity, and brutality. Their Bandcamp page confirms Venezuelan origin and hosts the Codex Abominatvs release.
Serpent Cobra is a stoner/doom metal duo from Paraná, Argentina, built around vocalist and bassist Carolina Dussau and guitarist Emanuel Acosta, drawing comparisons to Witchfinder General, Pentagram, and early Venom. Their debut album Anatomy of Abuses (2020) was released on cassette via Stoner Witch Records and on vinyl/CD via Interstellar Smoke Records, followed by the mini-album Beware (2021) and their third full-length Metal Disaster (2024).
Serpent Eater combine sludge, black, and death metal with crust punk from Cologne, creating a hydra-headed beast of extreme aggression. Active since 2012, they're one of the Rhineland's most ferocious crossover acts, refusing to be limited by genre boundaries.
Hailing from Sacred Mountain, North Carolina, Serpent Garden have been cultivating heavy, hazy stoner metal since 2008 — one of the longer-tenured acts in the region's underground, built on fuzz-drenched riffs and a slow-burning, ritualistic heaviness.
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.