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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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HYPA HYPA Tour - Live In Ludwigsburg (2023)
05/25 @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Atlantic Albums (2019)
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Heavy metal/hard rock band from Eskilstuna, Sweden emerging in 2025. Wizz delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the industrial city in Sörmland.
Blackened heavy metal band from Kitee, Finland active since 2009. Wizzard infuses classic heavy metal with black metal darkness from the forested eastern border region of North Karelia.
Wolf formed in Örebro, Sweden in 1995, built around a foundational devotion to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal — Iron Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest — at a time when the style was deeply unfashionable. After early demos under their original name Wolverine, the band debuted with a self-titled album in 2000 and has sustained a consistent recording and touring career ever since, releasing nine studio albums over three decades. Their sound has remained classically rooted, positioning them as reliable torchbearers for melodic traditional heavy metal.
Thrash and heavy metal band from Tarragona, Spain emerging in 2024. Wolf-Gang channels the dual power of thrash aggression and heavy metal anthems from the Catalonian coast.
Heavy, groove, and thrash metal band from Eboli, Italy active since 2016. Wolfear merges three metal traditions into an aggressive triple-genre assault from the Campania region south of Salerno.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Aarhus, Denmark active since 2011. Wolfhead merges the anthemic power of heavy metal with thrash's cutting aggression from the heart of Jutland.
Heavy metal band from the Czech Republic formed in 2018. Wolfheart delivers classic heavy metal driven by powerful riffs and traditional European metal sensibility.
Heavy metal project from Berlin, Germany formed in 2016. Wolfpakk delivers classic heavy metal from the German capital with an emphasis on anthemic riffs and powerful vocal delivery.
Power and heavy metal band from Helmstedt, Germany formed in 2022. Wolfs Moon forges traditional power and heavy metal in the German style, built on soaring melodies and driving rhythms.
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