Metal & Heavy
Belgium's heavy export — the crossover-thrash of Channel Zero, the death-metal of Aborted, the black metal of Enthroned, and the world-renowned post-metal of Amenra and Brutus.
Part of The Belgian Sound
51 moments in this segment.
- — Acid — Belgian speed-metal pioneers. Acid, the Wallonian speed/heavy-metal act, one of Belgium's first international metal exports.
- — Ostrogoth — "Full Moon's Eyes". Ostrogoth, Ghent's NWOBHM-styled heavy-metal band.
- — Cyclone — "Brutal Destruction". Cyclone, early Belgian thrash metal (1986).
- — Target — Belgian technical thrash. Target, an ambitious Belgian tech-thrash band.
- — Channel Zero — "Suck My Energy". Channel Zero, Belgium's crossover-thrash flagship.
- — Agathocles — the mincecore legends. Agathocles, Belgium's grindcore institution and the 'mincecore' originators.
- — Channel Zero — "Help!". Channel Zero's thrash cover of the Beatles.
- — Channel Zero — Suck My Energy. Channel Zero, Belgium's foremost metal band.
- — Ancient Rites — "Blasfemia Eternal". Ancient Rites, pioneers of Belgian black/epic metal.
- — Enthroned — "XES Haereticum". Enthroned, veterans of the Belgian black-metal underground.
- — Aborted — "The Saw and the Carnage Done". Aborted's brutal Belgian death metal at its peak.
- — Leng Tch'e — Belgian grindcore. Leng Tch'e, a Belgian grind institution.
- — Length of Time — Belgian metalcore. Length of Time, a Belgian metalcore/hardcore band (2007).
- — Gorath — Belgian black/industrial. Gorath, an experimental Belgian black-metal project.
- — Enthroned — “Vortex of Confusion”. Enthroned, a pillar of the Belgian black-metal scene — “Vortex of Confusion”.
- — Emeth — Belgian death metal. Emeth, a Belgian death-metal act.
- — Channel Zero — "Black Fire" (reunion era). Channel Zero's comeback, headlining Graspop.
- — Amenra — "Mass V" era. Amenra's monumental 'Mass V', the Church of Ra at its heaviest.
- — Steak Number Eight — "The Sea Is Dying". Steak Number Eight (later Stake), the young Belgian post-metal breakout.
- — Evil Invaders — speed metal revival. Evil Invaders, the Belgian speed-metal revivalists.
- — Oathbreaker — "Being Able to Feel Nothing". Oathbreaker's blackgaze masterpiece from Rheia.
- — The Setup — Belgian hardcore. The Setup, part of the Belgian hardcore scene.
- — Aborted — Belgian death metal. Aborted, the long-running Belgian death-metal machine.
- — Oathbreaker — "Second Son of R.". Oathbreaker, Church of Ra's blackgaze force.
- — Graspop Metal Meeting — the home of Belgian metal. Graspop, Dessel's giant metal festival (2016).
- — Amenra — A Solitary Reign. Amenra's crushing post-metal from Kortrijk.
- — Amenra — "Children of the Eye". Amenra's crushing post-metal.
- — Brutus — "Sugar Dragon". Brutus's soaring post-metal.
- — Emptiness — avant-garde metal. Emptiness, the experimental Belgian metal band.
- — Hemelbestormer — atmospheric post-metal. Hemelbestormer, Belgian atmospheric sludge/post-metal.
- — Briqueville — masked post-metal. Briqueville, the enigmatic masked Belgian post-metal collective.
- — Amenra — "A Solitary Reign". Amenra, the Kortrijk post-metal collective and Church of Ra.
- — Bathsheba — "Ain Soph". Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Ain Soph · Bathsheba
- — Wiegedood — Belgian black metal. Wiegedood, part of the Church of Ra black-metal wing.
- — Aborted — "Bit by Bit". Aborted's modern technical death metal.
- — King Hiss — Belgian sludge. King Hiss, a heavy Belgian sludge/stoner band.
- — Enthroned — "Cold Black Suns". Enthroned, veterans of Belgian black metal.
- — Deviant Syndrome / Belgian extreme. Belgian extreme-metal from the newer wave.
- — Amenra — "De Evenmens". Amenra singing in Dutch, a rare and intense record.
- — Killer — Belgian heavy metal. Killer, a foundational Belgian heavy-metal band from the early 80s (2019).
- — Brutus — "War". Brutus, the Leuven trio with drummer-vocalist Stefanie Mannaerts.
- — Stake — "Critical Method". Stake, the evolution of Steak Number Eight.
- — Brutus — "Fire" (live). Brutus, one of Belgium's biggest modern heavy exports, live.
- — Cobra the Impaler — Belgian metal. Cobra the Impaler, a newer Belgian metal export.
- — Psychonaut — "Great Realm of the Endless". Psychonaut, Belgian progressive post-metal.
- — Amenra — "De Dood in Bloei". Amenra's Dutch-language crushing post-metal.
- — Hippotraktor — "A Different Now". Hippotraktor, a rising Belgian progressive-metal band.
- — Brutus — "Dust". Brutus's acclaimed 2022 single.
- — Amenra — live intensity. Amenra's cathartic live ritual, world-renowned (2023).
- — Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 aftermovie. The festival that anchors the Belgian metal calendar.
- — Graspop — a Belgian metal institution. Graspop Metal Meeting, the Dessel festival that anchors Belgian metal (2024).
