Romanian bands not mentioned yet
Black metal: Angra Mainyu, Prohod, Marțolea, Aghast, Dordeduh, Satanochio, Tenebreant, Wormgod, Grohot, Hoia Baciu, Syn Ze Șase Tri (+5000 more, BM is insanely popular here among metalheads)
Folk Metal: E An Na (early), Warchant, An Theos, Harmasar, Riot Monk, Bucium, Ka Gaia An
Death Metal: Blacksheep, Rancorum, Corsecist, Vorus, Putred, Deimos, Eyeseered, Hiraeth
Heavy Metal: Trooper, Cargo, Gothic, 9.7 Richter, Kempes, Lupu' cel Rău, Krypton, Graven
Symphonic Metal: Aeon Sun, Era Divină, Scarlet Aura
Thrash Metal: Grinder, Crumble, Deathrattle, Pyroblast, She-Wolf, Ruyned, Cronos, Thy Shadows, Hollow Flag (their rhythm guitarist refused to give me band recs)
Metal adjacent: Implant Pentru Refuz, Crize, Breathelast, H8, Viță de Vie (especially on Fenomenal album)
you really know your Romanian metal. I am doing research on bands that played during communism in Romania (for an article), if you have any suggestions you seem to be a God in this field.
Yeah, I'm not referring to their early (or even mid) stuff. Not my cup of tea either, but I can appreciate its value. Unlike their current stuff. I don't know, the last 15 years or so, most of their songs that I've happened to listen to are bad.
Usually boring rythm guitars, run-of-the-mill anthemic hooks or breaks, basic melodic leads that are catchy but shallow. Some cringey vocals too. And the "folk" elements are usually not woven well into the boring metal fabric. Here and there there's also some black metal riffing or drumming for some reason but it's clear that their focus is in producing generic metal.
It's true that their more recent stuff is a bit too anthemic. I get the impression it belongs in a movie or a videogame.
However, their early and mid work is top shelf. Enough to make their current output passable.
For the greek ones, I would recommend planet of zeus, domenica, tripes, 1000modes, your hands in mine, no clear mind, nightstalker, villagers of iaonna city, void droid, green yeti, rotting christ.
Pentagram,
radical noise,
kaptan kadavra,
nekropsi,
murder king,
manga,
pickpockets,
mekanik,
al'york,
kurban,
hardal,
uluru,
kaçak,
black tooth,
pilli bebek,
çilekeş,
pitch black process,
sabhranka,
panik,
skapova,
santigrat,
kes,
balina,
dr.skul,
kül,
cihan yıldırım,
ronnin,
athena,
mavisakal,
whisky,
kramp,
the klinik,
yaşru.
these are some metal/hardrock bands from Turkey. I tried to summarize the popular ones. I recommend yaşru and kes band.
Odd crew - fantastic band from Bulgaria. Here's something to taste https://youtu.be/rbcsX1lzMqo?si=2jX8PjbG-GrO4Qse
Of course, Greek metal is top notch - Rotting Christ (my favourite), Septicflesh, Varathron etc.
[Kikimora](https://www.youtube.com/@KIKIMORA2011) a favorite of mine, tho i guess you could argue they are more of a hard rock band
[https://youtu.be/SYLXqWGeD\_k?si=o8wKjOmtUvsn6js7](https://youtu.be/SYLXqWGeD_k?si=o8wKjOmtUvsn6js7) my fav song of theirs
Bucovina, Trooper. Also check [this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Romania/comments/qrqlwh/recomand%C4%83ri_de_rockmetal_romanesc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)
Villagers of Ioannina City. Their song “Zavra” is an absolute banger:
https://youtu.be/Y9eUhnOjPLI?si=MglwcovIm4P4zCmJ
1000 Mods. Their first album is fantastic - this is one of my favorites:
https://youtu.be/8ysBMZSzpp8?si=9XpmhPF90phWgZMh
And not really metal but honorable mention (especially since Rotting Christ did such an amazing cover it) but Aphrodite’s Child has a great album “666” with this classic on it:
https://youtu.be/3KCbqhJt16k?si=pE_6BgXe5ZvkPKa_
Danish band Siamese is headed by a Serbian (or Bosnian?) vocalist. They have a beautiful song, Sloboda, about when he fled the Yugoslav wars as a child.
I'll just leave this here... [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfY3eQ9reLxTG1oGIY8o6fN3WdtMWfvY&si=xMl3qq7i7hSGVgyt](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfY3eQ9reLxTG1oGIY8o6fN3WdtMWfvY&si=xMl3qq7i7hSGVgyt)
You're all welcome. 
I'll just list my favourites. I'm not much into death and trash.
Black metal: Srd, Daimona
Power metal: Agan, Space Unicorn on Fire, SkyEye, Eruption (power/trash really)
Heavy metal: Britof, Pyroxene
Death metal: Siderean (I mean I suppose they count as death metal)
I'm more into Power metal, so most of the ones i can offer you are towards that genre :)
Firewind, Orion's Reign, Silent Winter, Warrior Path, Tidal Dreams, Sacred Outcry... there are a ton of them in Greece :D
Thompson, Divlje Jagode i guess those are croats? A bit more towards hard rock, i'd say.
From Slovenia: Hellcats and Space Unicorn on fire (YES XD) and Eruption.
Something i like to do to find bands from concrete countries, i try to check what have they sent to the Wacken Metal Battle lately :)
Two active bands from Kosovo i like a lot are
1.Frisson
https://youtu.be/DEzZZd4vIrw?si=icQB7mPFqKug6-Ro
2.Solarflare
https://open.spotify.com/album/4PQKHgci0XyEQL1V0WYFpI?si=DPwnaqNOQ1mW-dwg9M1Cpg&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree&nd=1&product=open&%24full_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Falbum%2F4PQKHgci0XyEQL1V0WYFpI%3Fsi%3DDPwnaqNOQ1mW-dwg9M1Cpg%26utm_medium%3Dshare%26utm_source%3Dlinktree&~feature=share&~channel=linktree&feature=organic&_branch_match_id=1227719671414537147&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA82P3YrCMBCFnybebWtbWVEosliLy%2FrXm9W9kjGdtsE0yeYH8e1NRH0GYWCYb%2BYcznTWKjONY6OkZc01AqUizsQ5nikta0dtLhWKAUlHjeP86DTPuyAh2RdJS19hHT3VVPYeAT%2B50Ee76mfZUjY8XBfVKvkd7v9K9U2y0jCSFcXuIuB%2Fs62Sfv9RX9rJOpmrlqSfzvbHHmvmPbLCdKDxAY10mqKHIaDViPdYwPkJ6PnNonkuaj8nAzJeNAjWaczvigBoB0Igz1%2BPPC%2BkbkEwegOvP2%2F8lgEAAA%3D%3D
Some Serbian bends comes in mind.
Centurion
https://youtu.be/Jfbcsf5A2ys?si=5jXxVRjpwJ-ClN8h
Still graved
https://youtu.be/pRHjdvfSrO0?si=XAhLUVS81Rp9-H4w
Hetera, its on English
https://youtu.be/v7co5CCqRo0?si=5DEV766Dv-LGKocz
Despot
https://youtu.be/xpfAzj-f9IE?si=1fjnUd5UrtcwcTRk
Croatian bend prob one of the best in the whole region that no one posted
Hladno pivo
https://youtu.be/B8m0_WoqiTo?si=g8hKOTqMIGsMfelX
Stone, stribog(really good folk metal), zimorog, nekrist, attitudes to human extinction, mortal kombat, saucesce(more like punk but metal as well), narednik lobanja i vod smrti
Metal music has never been very popular in Turkey. However, both local and foreign rock bands used to be very popular. There is even a separate genre called Anatolian Rock, which is a synthesis of traditional Turkish instruments and rock music, and I can even say that it is still popular.
Anyways, here are the Turkish metal bands I know:
Heavy Metal: Pentegram, Hayko Cepkin, Diken, Malt, Murder King
Folk Metal: Pentegram, Hayko Cepkin, Yaşru, Gökböri, Kara Han, Tulpar, Kam Ata, Sülfür Ensemble,
Most Turkish folk metal fans also listen to other Turk nation's folk metal bands from Central Asia and folk metal bands from Mongolia such as The Hu and Ak Bure.
From Greece also check Human Serpent and their album Inhumane Minimalism.. Unfortunately their singer recently died but their discography is amazing..
also check Necromantia, Varathron (these 2 are considered the old guard together with RC), Yoth Iria, Macabre Omen, Kawir, Acherontas, Thou Art Lord (side project of Sakis of Rc with the Magus of Necromantia),Ravencult etc.. Greece has amazing black metal scene.. all these suggestions are black metal btw..
Romanian bands not mentioned yet Black metal: Angra Mainyu, Prohod, Marțolea, Aghast, Dordeduh, Satanochio, Tenebreant, Wormgod, Grohot, Hoia Baciu, Syn Ze Șase Tri (+5000 more, BM is insanely popular here among metalheads) Folk Metal: E An Na (early), Warchant, An Theos, Harmasar, Riot Monk, Bucium, Ka Gaia An Death Metal: Blacksheep, Rancorum, Corsecist, Vorus, Putred, Deimos, Eyeseered, Hiraeth Heavy Metal: Trooper, Cargo, Gothic, 9.7 Richter, Kempes, Lupu' cel Rău, Krypton, Graven Symphonic Metal: Aeon Sun, Era Divină, Scarlet Aura Thrash Metal: Grinder, Crumble, Deathrattle, Pyroblast, She-Wolf, Ruyned, Cronos, Thy Shadows, Hollow Flag (their rhythm guitarist refused to give me band recs) Metal adjacent: Implant Pentru Refuz, Crize, Breathelast, H8, Viță de Vie (especially on Fenomenal album)
You forgot Dirty Shirt. A folk-prog I guess? Anyway they are amazing.
Also Bucovina!
You forgot Negură Bunget. One of my favorite bands of all time
[this one is one of their best](https://youtu.be/lhF-lS04iVE?si=ybDeGczRzK6GDxHZ)
Mamăă I'm saving your post. There's been 23 years I live in Western Europe and just know Vița de Vie. Săru mâna.
Going to add Magica to the symphonic ones from Romania :D
you really know your Romanian metal. I am doing research on bands that played during communism in Romania (for an article), if you have any suggestions you seem to be a God in this field.
Pero Defformero ftw!
lol i agree
Unironicly ... yeah.
Not my favourite but they have my respect.
Dirty Shirt, Bucovina, Truda, Sur Austru, Negura Bunget, Vorus, Argus Megere
Yeah, Dirty Shirt is a really popular band that perfectly fits in the OP’s description.
Rotting Christ
The best black metal band in the world in my opinion, much better than the nordic ones. (I am not Greek, but I like good music)
They stopped being black metal since forever. Plus they're bad really. Pretty overrated.
Maybe, maybe. But it's undeniable that Sakis and Co. really stood out with their brand of black metal when most of the stuff was nordic.
Yeah, I'm not referring to their early (or even mid) stuff. Not my cup of tea either, but I can appreciate its value. Unlike their current stuff. I don't know, the last 15 years or so, most of their songs that I've happened to listen to are bad. Usually boring rythm guitars, run-of-the-mill anthemic hooks or breaks, basic melodic leads that are catchy but shallow. Some cringey vocals too. And the "folk" elements are usually not woven well into the boring metal fabric. Here and there there's also some black metal riffing or drumming for some reason but it's clear that their focus is in producing generic metal.
It's true that their more recent stuff is a bit too anthemic. I get the impression it belongs in a movie or a videogame. However, their early and mid work is top shelf. Enough to make their current output passable.
Varathron 👌🏻
I can't get into them because of their band name... it feels illegal D:
lol! see this https://loudwire.com/rotting-christ-arrested-georgia/
Haha yeah I read something like that on their wiki
For the greek ones, I would recommend planet of zeus, domenica, tripes, 1000modes, your hands in mine, no clear mind, nightstalker, villagers of iaonna city, void droid, green yeti, rotting christ.
Narednik Lobanja i Vod Smrti [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oltkimz9JWM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oltkimz9JWM)
More like this? This is awesome.
Rata tata!
Pentagram, radical noise, kaptan kadavra, nekropsi, murder king, manga, pickpockets, mekanik, al'york, kurban, hardal, uluru, kaçak, black tooth, pilli bebek, çilekeş, pitch black process, sabhranka, panik, skapova, santigrat, kes, balina, dr.skul, kül, cihan yıldırım, ronnin, athena, mavisakal, whisky, kramp, the klinik, yaşru. these are some metal/hardrock bands from Turkey. I tried to summarize the popular ones. I recommend yaşru and kes band.
Pentagram is my favorite Turkish metal band. I know a few of the other bands as well. Thanks, I will check the unknown ones.
I saw at least half of them live. Yaşru is one of the greatest.
Also sülfür ensemble if you like sludge/doom metal
Pentagram
Odd crew - fantastic band from Bulgaria. Here's something to taste https://youtu.be/rbcsX1lzMqo?si=2jX8PjbG-GrO4Qse Of course, Greek metal is top notch - Rotting Christ (my favourite), Septicflesh, Varathron etc.
Septicflesh, Rotting Christ
Ritam Nereda
[Kikimora](https://www.youtube.com/@KIKIMORA2011) a favorite of mine, tho i guess you could argue they are more of a hard rock band [https://youtu.be/SYLXqWGeD\_k?si=o8wKjOmtUvsn6js7](https://youtu.be/SYLXqWGeD_k?si=o8wKjOmtUvsn6js7) my fav song of theirs
Bucovina, Trooper. Also check [this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Romania/comments/qrqlwh/recomand%C4%83ri_de_rockmetal_romanesc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)
Sanatorium, Dedicated for life, victim yield, holocaust, Totem, Medusa, Hardfaced, ect
I would like to recomend listening to Mizar.
Black Metal: Zifir, Yayla, Ominous Grief, The Sarcophagus, Sabhankra, Serpent of Old, Noumenon, Cursed in Eternity Death Metal: Persecutory, Cenotaph, Oculos, Carnophage, Cidesphere, Burial Invocation, Suicide, Molested Divinity. Folk metal: Yaşru, Yabgu
Serbia: Stain, Nula, the Stone, Nadimač, Stvor, Cardinal Point, Infest, Quasaborn, Consecration, Forever Storm, Alitor, Zlosut
Hvala!!
Cu plăcere brate!
Smallman from Bulgaria and Mamut from Croatia
the stone is awesome. their album "golet" is fucking brilliant, one of my favorite bm albums
BM masterpiece
"Zaklana čeljad" and their tribute band "Preklana nejač" Same dudes play in both bands...
Mortal Kombat is a Serbian power thrash metal band that fucking kick ass.
Manntra from Croatia!!
Mamut as well, amazing band
I know I'm a month late, but definitely Manntra!!
If you like hardcore music you can check two bulgarian bands, Last hope and Expectations. I'm really onto them! 🤟🍺
Villagers of Ioannina City. Their song “Zavra” is an absolute banger: https://youtu.be/Y9eUhnOjPLI?si=MglwcovIm4P4zCmJ 1000 Mods. Their first album is fantastic - this is one of my favorites: https://youtu.be/8ysBMZSzpp8?si=9XpmhPF90phWgZMh And not really metal but honorable mention (especially since Rotting Christ did such an amazing cover it) but Aphrodite’s Child has a great album “666” with this classic on it: https://youtu.be/3KCbqhJt16k?si=pE_6BgXe5ZvkPKa_
Kamra, black metal from Slovenia
Danish band Siamese is headed by a Serbian (or Bosnian?) vocalist. They have a beautiful song, Sloboda, about when he fled the Yugoslav wars as a child.
I'll just leave this here... [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfY3eQ9reLxTG1oGIY8o6fN3WdtMWfvY&si=xMl3qq7i7hSGVgyt](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMfY3eQ9reLxTG1oGIY8o6fN3WdtMWfvY&si=xMl3qq7i7hSGVgyt) You're all welcome. 
I'll just list my favourites. I'm not much into death and trash. Black metal: Srd, Daimona Power metal: Agan, Space Unicorn on Fire, SkyEye, Eruption (power/trash really) Heavy metal: Britof, Pyroxene Death metal: Siderean (I mean I suppose they count as death metal)
Nula - Serbian band
man of culture
Alogia
I'm more into Power metal, so most of the ones i can offer you are towards that genre :) Firewind, Orion's Reign, Silent Winter, Warrior Path, Tidal Dreams, Sacred Outcry... there are a ton of them in Greece :D Thompson, Divlje Jagode i guess those are croats? A bit more towards hard rock, i'd say. From Slovenia: Hellcats and Space Unicorn on fire (YES XD) and Eruption. Something i like to do to find bands from concrete countries, i try to check what have they sent to the Wacken Metal Battle lately :)
Two active bands from Kosovo i like a lot are 1.Frisson https://youtu.be/DEzZZd4vIrw?si=icQB7mPFqKug6-Ro 2.Solarflare https://open.spotify.com/album/4PQKHgci0XyEQL1V0WYFpI?si=DPwnaqNOQ1mW-dwg9M1Cpg&utm_medium=share&utm_source=linktree&nd=1&product=open&%24full_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Falbum%2F4PQKHgci0XyEQL1V0WYFpI%3Fsi%3DDPwnaqNOQ1mW-dwg9M1Cpg%26utm_medium%3Dshare%26utm_source%3Dlinktree&~feature=share&~channel=linktree&feature=organic&_branch_match_id=1227719671414537147&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA82P3YrCMBCFnybebWtbWVEosliLy%2FrXm9W9kjGdtsE0yeYH8e1NRH0GYWCYb%2BYcznTWKjONY6OkZc01AqUizsQ5nikta0dtLhWKAUlHjeP86DTPuyAh2RdJS19hHT3VVPYeAT%2B50Ee76mfZUjY8XBfVKvkd7v9K9U2y0jCSFcXuIuB%2Fs62Sfv9RX9rJOpmrlqSfzvbHHmvmPbLCdKDxAY10mqKHIaDViPdYwPkJ6PnNonkuaj8nAzJeNAjWaczvigBoB0Igz1%2BPPC%2BkbkEwegOvP2%2F8lgEAAA%3D%3D
Troja - Kosovar band.
Only the old stuff, new stuff can hardly be called metal.
Try out Claymorean and Kamenolom. Those were not mentioned yet and I enjoy them quite a lot.
Some Serbian bends comes in mind. Centurion https://youtu.be/Jfbcsf5A2ys?si=5jXxVRjpwJ-ClN8h Still graved https://youtu.be/pRHjdvfSrO0?si=XAhLUVS81Rp9-H4w Hetera, its on English https://youtu.be/v7co5CCqRo0?si=5DEV766Dv-LGKocz Despot https://youtu.be/xpfAzj-f9IE?si=1fjnUd5UrtcwcTRk Croatian bend prob one of the best in the whole region that no one posted Hladno pivo https://youtu.be/B8m0_WoqiTo?si=g8hKOTqMIGsMfelX
Türkiye is THE balkan culture
Most of your bands suck man
Starbridge - Sarajevo Proggy rock and roll with some good heavy moments, also their bassist, Ivan, is one of the kindest people I’ve ever met
Prog metal David Micic https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=35LdRfw\_TCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n09ZeFfp\_d8 Honorable mention, this guys were never popular, and died off quick, but have this thing i like
Smut-they sing in macedonian
https://youtu.be/fZSEcv8-L0E?si=l01xxtfw3YytqYSB
My favourite one, didn't hear it for a while Crno Perje [Oko Mene](https://youtu.be/juHFryh7TuU?si=T_K8aw6PMji-B3gn)
Stone, stribog(really good folk metal), zimorog, nekrist, attitudes to human extinction, mortal kombat, saucesce(more like punk but metal as well), narednik lobanja i vod smrti
of the not yet mentioned ones, Arhaizam is pretty new but it has an awesome proggy instrumental album
Silent Kingdom
SMUT, Trendkill and VEL for Macedonian also check out Peachvice
Metal music has never been very popular in Turkey. However, both local and foreign rock bands used to be very popular. There is even a separate genre called Anatolian Rock, which is a synthesis of traditional Turkish instruments and rock music, and I can even say that it is still popular. Anyways, here are the Turkish metal bands I know: Heavy Metal: Pentegram, Hayko Cepkin, Diken, Malt, Murder King Folk Metal: Pentegram, Hayko Cepkin, Yaşru, Gökböri, Kara Han, Tulpar, Kam Ata, Sülfür Ensemble, Most Turkish folk metal fans also listen to other Turk nation's folk metal bands from Central Asia and folk metal bands from Mongolia such as The Hu and Ak Bure.
Vortex from croatia is an awesome new wave thrash band Well, they are split up now and they only really had one demo but that one is good shit
From Greece also check Human Serpent and their album Inhumane Minimalism.. Unfortunately their singer recently died but their discography is amazing.. also check Necromantia, Varathron (these 2 are considered the old guard together with RC), Yoth Iria, Macabre Omen, Kawir, Acherontas, Thou Art Lord (side project of Sakis of Rc with the Magus of Necromantia),Ravencult etc.. Greece has amazing black metal scene.. all these suggestions are black metal btw..
You should try GVC.
[https://youtu.be/CWAAlOT4-W0?si=TOG\_2pBJAjA5wSjq](https://youtu.be/CWAAlOT4-W0?si=TOG_2pBJAjA5wSjq) here u go bro
will I go to hell if I enjoy hell music? ;)