Explore World Metal
Featured Album
tuuxtik (2014)
Featured Death/Doom Metal Album
Rise from The South (2018)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Blackened Grindcore Album
demo 2024 (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Burger Babes...FROM OUTER SPACE! (2020)
05/01 @ Resonant Head OKC, Oklahoma City
Browse World Metal Bands
57314 bands found
Xiphoid is a speed metal band from Leuven, Belgium, formed in 2019. They deliver high-velocity riffs and aggressive energy in the tradition of classic European speed metal, contributing to Belgium's thriving underground metal scene.
XisForEyes is a progressive black/death metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, formed in 2013. Their releases including "Convoluted Enlightenment" and "Absolute Corporeal Besmirchment" blend symphonic elements with progressive black and death metal into dense, technically accomplished compositions.
XIV Dark Centuries is a pagan metal band from Zella-Mehlis in Thuringia, Germany, active since 1999. Their lyrical themes center on Germanic paganism and the Thuringian tribe, with a discography spanning over two decades including albums like "Waldvolk" (2020) and "Aus uralter Zeit" (2025), making them one of Germany's most enduring pagan metal acts.
Dynamic Metalcore from Houston.
Xoal is a death metal band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, formed in 2018 and signed to Incoherente Records. The band deliberately blends death metal with outside influences including jazz, prehispanic and folk music, and flamenco, creating a distinctively layered approach to the genre. Their discography includes the self-titled debut full-length (2019) and the follow-up album Alone in the Crowd (2020).
Xonor is a thrash metal band from St. Gallen, Switzerland, formed in May 2020 by four young musicians from Eastern Switzerland who originally called themselves Honor. Despite pandemic limitations, they built a global fanbase through social media, releasing the "Pandemolition EP" and the album "All Honor Lost."
Xostroth is a black metal project from Kazanlak, Bulgaria, formed in 2007. The project channels the raw and atmospheric side of black metal, contributing to Bulgaria's small but dedicated extreme metal underground.
Xothox is a raw minimalist instrumental black metal solo project from Sweden, formed in 2022. The project, credited simply to "x," creates stripped-down, atmospheric black metal compositions built entirely on guitar, as showcased on their 2022 demo "Celestial Entrancement."
Xplore is a thrash/speed metal band from Veurne, Belgium, active since 2017. They combine the ferocity of thrash metal with the velocity of speed metal, drawing from the classic European thrash tradition.
xRepentancex is a straight edge metalcore band from Southeast England, active since 2013 and rooted in vegan straight edge ethics. Their 2015 album "The Sickness of Eden" on Carry The Weight Records was hailed as one of the best edgecore releases of its year, delivering intense metallic hardcore with uncompromising conviction.
Xsephiroth is an extreme symphonic metal project from Catania, Sicily, active since 2013. They blend extreme metal aggression with somber orchestral arrangements on releases like "Down the Tormented Chthonic Path," creating a cinematic and darkly dramatic sound that draws from Sicily's rich cultural heritage.
Xsimios is a Heavy Metal band from Calama, in Chile's Antofagasta region, active since 2009. The band released their self-titled full-length album in 2016, their only entry in the Metal Archives discography to date.
Xsimios is a Heavy Metal band from Calama, in Chile's Antofagasta region, active since 2009. The band released their self-titled full-length album in 2016, their only entry in the Metal Archives discography to date.
XSUS is a progressive death metal band from Belgrade, Serbia, formed in 2020, humorously describing themselves as "four guys who accidentally warped themselves from 1999 into the present." Their releases including the "Legacy EP" series and "Kindred Spirit" blend retro 90s metal influences with a modern progressive death metal sensibility.
XT is a heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2017. Evolving from earlier melodic hard rock roots into heavier territory, they carry on the grand tradition of Gothenburg's metal scene, one of the most storied metal cities in the world.
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.