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Heavy metal band from Milan, Italy formed in 2016. Wicked Asylum delivers classic heavy metal from Italy's fashion and industrial capital.
Out of Helena, Ohio, Wicked Aura have been building their take on traditional heavy metal since 2016 — a small-town approach to the genre that strips the music back to essentials: heavy riffs, earnest vocals, and a commitment to the form that doesn't require a major market to validate it. They're part of a quiet but real current of Midwest acts keeping classic metal alive in unexpected corners of the country.
Heavy metal band from Barcelona, Spain emerging in 2024. Wicked Leather delivers classic heavy metal with a leather-and-studs attitude from the Catalonian capital.
Chico, California's Wicked Sensation have been grinding away at the intersection of heavy metal and hard rock since 2001 — one of the region's most enduring acts in a genre where longevity itself is a statement. Their approach draws on the melodic, radio-friendly edge of classic hard rock while keeping the guitar work grounded in genuine metal muscle.
Nashville isn't often associated with death-doom, but Wicked Sorcerer — formed there in 2023 — arrive dragging heavy metal, death metal, and doom together into something genuinely sinister. The city's outsider quality suits this kind of music well, and the band's willingness to pull from multiple extreme subgenres gives their sound a lurching, unpredictable weight.
Boston's Wicked Weird formed in 2023 fusing black metal's icy hostility with the harder-hitting structures of traditional heavy metal — a blackened heavy metal approach that fits naturally in New England, where the cold and the defiant have always gone hand in hand. Their name might suggest irreverence but the sound is dead serious, built on atmosphere and riff alike.
Fargo, North Dakota's Widow have been playing death metal since 2011, carving out a niche in one of the country's more isolated heavy metal scenes. The remoteness of the Northern Plains seems to inform the band's aesthetic — there's a bleakness to straightforward death metal that suits a place where winter lasts longer than it has any right to.
Stoner doom turned progressive heavy metal band from Darmstadt, Germany active since 2011 with an extensive catalog including Wight Weedy Wight, Through The Woods Into Deep Water, and Atlas. Their evolution from stoner/doom roots into heavier progressive territory has earned them a dedicated following and a split release with Stone Axe.
Melodic heavy metal band from Neunkirchen, Germany formed in 2014. Wild Axes sharpens classic European heavy metal with strong melodies and dual-guitar harmonies in the tradition of the genre's greatest acts.
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