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The Fear (2022)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Dial Tone (2022)
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Post-black metal project from Rodgau, Germany active since 2013. Wunsch, meaning "wish" in German, explores the atmospheric and introspective side of black metal through post-rock textures and emotional depth.
Black metal band from Oslo/Trondheim, Norway active since 2016. Wurdulak channels Scandinavian black metal tradition from two of Norway's major cities.
Atmospheric black metal project from Hamburg, Germany emerging in 2025. Wurt channels the maritime atmosphere of the Elbe city into expansive, atmospheric black metal.
Black metal band from Yutz, France active since 2013. Wurzburg delivers raw black metal from the Moselle region near the Luxembourg and German borders.
Black metal project from Ulm, Germany active since 2017. Wurzel, meaning "root" in German, delivers black metal rooted in the traditions of the Swabian underground.
Black metal project from Germany formed in 2020. Wurzelwerk, meaning "root system," crafts black metal that draws from the deep, interconnected foundations of the genre's underground tradition.
Cleveland's Wyld Timez weaponize the rawness of first-wave black metal and fuse it to the locomotive momentum of speed metal and classic heavy metal, resulting in a high-energy blast of blackened aggression formed in 2021. Their approach pulls from the leather-and-spikes underground with a restless, reckless energy.
North Carolina's Wyqm have been operating in the underground black metal sphere since 2011, pursuing a raw and austere approach to the genre that prizes atmosphere and conviction over polish. Their long tenure in the US black metal underground speaks to a dedicated, uncompromising artistic vision.
Black metal band from Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic active since 2010. Wyrm channels the darkness of northern Bohemia through raw black metal steeped in the genre's underground traditions.
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