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Tampa's Wraithkiller arrived in 2021 carrying the torch of old-school thrash in one of American metal's most storied cities, bringing riff-forward aggression and tight, punishing rhythm work to a tradition the Bay Area and Florida scenes defined decades ago. Short on sentimentality and long on speed, they make clear that thrash metal still has teeth.
Rising from Flint, Michigan in 2020, Wraithlord channel the bleak atmosphere of their surroundings into cold, unadorned black metal that bears the marks of a city with little patience for pretense. The project leans into the raw and the grim, delivering music that feels less composed than conjured.
Doom, black metal, and ambient project from Tampere, Finland active since 2011, blending horror aesthetics with Nordic melancholy. Their releases Fields of Nihilism and Adagio in Self-Destruction combine doom, rock, black metal, and ambient into eerie, outsider reflections of reality.
Melodic black/death metal project from Baden-Württemberg, Germany emerging in 2024. Wrakjon fuses the melodic sensibility of both black and death metal traditions into a potent hybrid from southwestern Germany.
Black metal band from Utrecht, Netherlands active since 2015. Wrang delivers raw, atmospheric black metal from the historic cathedral city of the Dutch heartland.
Formed in Orlando in 2015, Wrapped in Pale bring black metal to a corner of Florida not usually associated with the genre's frozen aesthetics, translating the music's trademark bleakness into something that thrives under oppressive heat and humidity. Their sound is austere and uncompromising, built on tremolo-laden riffs and an atmosphere of persistent dread.
Orange County, California thrash outfit formed in 2017, wielding the kind of aggressive, riff-forward attack that draws from the Bay Area playbook while staying rooted in the SoCal underground. Their name telegraphs a dual-edged intensity that carries through their punishing rhythmic assault.
Black and death metal band from Nantes, France active since 2017. Wrath from Above delivers a furious dual assault of black and death metal from the Atlantic coast of western France.
Deathcore band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England active since 2014. Wrath of Akhlys delivers punishing breakdowns and guttural vocals from the northeast of England.
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