Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Change The Way You Think About Pain (2023)
Featured math rock Album
Highly Refined Pirates (2002)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Power Metal (early); Symphonic Hard Rock Album
It wont be long
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
57314 bands found
Varyag is a Viking metal band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2020. They channel Norse themes and warrior mythology through heavy, epic metal.
Varzoroth is a black metal project from Germany, formed in 2019. The project operates in the raw black metal tradition with uncompromising intensity.
Varúlfr is a one-man pagan black metal project from Argentina, active since 2024, with the same individual also running the black metal solo projects Blodmåne and KALDR. The project's debut release "Old Curse," issued on June 8, 2024, is a three-track EP featuring songs including "The Rebirth of the Heraldic Wolf" and "Dark Spells of an Enchanted Sword."
Cavernous, Incantation-worshipping death metal duo split between Dallas and Atlanta. Released the devastating 'Crypt Born & Tethered to Ruin' on Profound Lore in 2010.
Vasanist is a death metal band from Kozani, Greece, formed in 2023. They deliver aggressive death metal from the Greek north.
Vasari is a progressive/epic heavy metal project from Duisburg, Germany, formed in 2017 by multi-instrumentalist Matin Vasari. Their debut "Starbound" is a science fiction concept album inspired by Hoshino Yukinobu's manga "2001 Nights," featuring 15 tracks of epic metal with session musicians and a limited run of 50 hand-numbered digipak CDs.
Vascular Curse is a doom/death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2020. They combine doom metal's oppressive weight with death metal's guttural ferocity.
Murska Sobota's Vasectomy grinds out brutal death metal from Slovenia's northeastern corner near the Hungarian border. Their punishing, no-frills approach to extremity channels the most aggressive end of the death metal spectrum.
please update this band
Vaskheim is a black metal project from Niederhasli, Switzerland, formed in 2017. The project channels the cold, atmospheric traditions of Scandinavian-influenced black metal from the Swiss underground.
Vass/Katsionis is a progressive metal project from Athens, Greece, formed in 2022. They craft technically ambitious progressive metal compositions.
Vast Chasm is a black metal project from the UK, formed in 2020. They deliver atmospheric, abyssal black metal.
Vast Night is an atmospheric black metal project from London, formed in 2022. They craft immersive, nocturnal atmospheric black metal.
Vast Pyre is a stoner/doom metal band from Eisenach, Germany, formed in 2024, inviting listeners to "dive into a world of heavy-hypnotising riffs and unhinged souls." Their releases deliver slow, crushing stoner doom with hypnotic repetition and oppressive atmosphere.
Vast Slug is a grindcore band from Norwich, England, formed in 2019. They deliver chaotic, blast-beat-driven grindcore from East Anglia.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
World Metal Index indexes hundreds of heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, heavy metal, doom metal, progressive metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or country.
Yes — browse 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 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 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 metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse 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 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 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 metal scene.