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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Grindcore Album
Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Heavy and stoner metal band from Nottingham, England active since 2012. Witch Tripper blends the power of classic heavy metal with stoner rock's psychedelic grooves from the East Midlands.
San Antonio doom metal with soaring vocals. Classic doom with a Texas edge.
Heavy/doom metal band from Katrineholm, Sweden active since 2017. Witchers Creed blends the power of heavy metal with doom's crushing weight from the Sörmland region.
Heavy metal band from Geislingen an der Steige, Germany formed in 2017. Witchfinder summons the spirit of classic heavy metal with occult-tinged imagery from the Swabian Alb.
A brand new outfit out of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Witchlord formed in 2025 and are staking their claim in traditional heavy metal — a genre whose values of melody, power, and riff craftsmanship have never gone out of style. New Jersey has long fed into the New York-area metal ecosystem, and Witchlord appear to be drawing on that regional energy. As one of the newest acts in this directory, their story is only just beginning.
Multi-genre project from Jaén, Spain active since 2017, evolving from heavy metal through technical death/thrash metal to post-rock. Witchshire's stylistic journey reflects an ambitious creative vision that refuses to be confined to a single genre.
Heavy and doom metal band from Helsinki, Finland active since 2014. Witchtiger combines the power of classic heavy metal with the weight of doom in an occult-tinged assault from the Finnish capital.
Washington state's Witchtrial formed in 2017 playing speed and heavy metal with a clear nod to punk's energy and punk's contempt for pretension, straddling the line where Motörhead meets the NWOBHM. Their Bandcamp handle's "DC" tag suggests some cross-country connective tissue, adding intrigue to their geographic placement. They are lean, fast, and direct — a throwback built with genuine conviction.
Richmond, Virginia's Witherhorde formed in 2024 playing thrash and heavy metal with the urgency of a band that has a lot to prove and no patience for half-measures. Richmond is one of the American South's genuinely strong metal cities, with a DIY underground that has produced a steady stream of serious acts over the decades. Witherhorde are a new entry in that lineage, leaning hard into the old-school thrash tradition.
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