Explore World Metal
Featured Album
Blood of the Black god (2018)
Featured power pop Album
Alienate EP (2013)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured punk rock Album
SUPERCHARGED (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse World Metal Bands
55856 bands found
X-Calibur is a heavy metal band from Neuchatel, Switzerland, formed in 2018. They play classic-style heavy metal with a strong emphasis on powerful riffs and anthemic songwriting in the tradition of European heavy metal.
X-ULL is a death/doom metal trio from Lodi, Italy, consisting of Samuele, Paolo, and Francesco. Their 2025 EP "Last Hope X-3" weaves apocalyptic narratives inspired by Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" across five crushing tracks of slow, atmospheric death doom.
Relentless Thrash Metal (early); Speed / Heavy Metal (later) from San Antonio.
X.Kernel is a melodic death metal/metalcore band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2013 and heavily influenced by the Gothenburg MDM scene. Their 2017 debut album "Face the Truth" on Cimmerian Shade Recordings was praised for its techy, grooving melodic death metal that explores themes at the intersection of physical and virtual realities.
X.T.O. is a death metal band from Kongsvinger, Norway, formed in 2007. Hailing from the country that gave birth to some of extreme metal's most notorious acts, they deliver unrelenting death metal with a distinctly Norwegian edge.
Xaar is an industrial groove metal and metalcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2022. Self-described as "Dark Metal From Scotland," they release hard-hitting tracks like "Leper Messiah" and "Destabilize" that blend industrial heaviness with groove-laden metalcore aggression.
Xadoom is a gothic metal band from Udine, Italy, formed in 1999. As one of Italy's longer-running gothic metal acts, they blend dark atmosphere and melodic sensibility with heavy metal instrumentation in the tradition of the Italian gothic metal scene.
XAge is a thrash metal and hardcore band from the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic, active since 2017. They fuse the aggression of thrash metal with hardcore punk intensity, delivering fast and furious crossover that hits with relentless energy.
Xalvorn is a one-man black metal project from Leiria, Portugal, started in 2025 by a 16-year-old musician immersed in misanthropy and the occult. Despite the creator's young age, the project already has several releases including collaborations with Lord Pedrial, channeling raw black metal described as "blood-soaked riffs and war-torn visions."
Xamantl is a folk/black metal and ambient solo project from Mexico City built around Aztec paganism and anti-Christian themes, helmed by multi-instrumentalist Maxxico Xamantl. The project's Bandcamp operates under the name XAMAN and released the two-track EP Mariposa Negra in August 2025. Xamantl is also associated with the project Ominous Yum Cimil.
Xanathar is a black/doom metal project from Italy, formed in 2021 with releases including "Thunders over Waterdeep" and "Gold, Black and Crimson." Their fantasy-themed album titles and dark atmospheric compositions fuse the menace of black metal with the crushing weight of doom, channeling imagery drawn from epic and occult sources.
Xanathos is a blackened death metal band from Zaandam, Netherlands, formed in 2021. They deliver ferocious blackened death metal that fuses the melodic aggression of death metal with the atmospheric intensity of black metal, emerging from the Netherlands' prolific extreme metal scene.
Xanax is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Spytihnev, Czech Republic, active since 2005. Drawing their name and aesthetic from pharmaceutical culture, they deliver hard-hitting traditional metal with a hard rock edge, carving out a niche in the Czech metal scene over nearly two decades.
Xandelyer is a black metal project from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2009. The project channels atmospheric and raw black metal energy, contributing to Germany's extensive and varied black metal underground.
Xandr is a black metal project from Worcestershire, England, formed in 2020. The project releases atmospheric black metal through releases like "Trauma" and "Shaded," channeling darkness and introspection from the English countryside.
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.