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Symphonic black/gothic metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia active since 2013. White Egregor weaves symphonic and gothic elements into black metal from the city on the Neva.
Heavy metal band from Antwerp, Belgium formed in 2014. White Heat channels the raw energy of classic heavy metal with a rock-and-roll edge, bringing high-octane performances to the Belgian scene.
White Lies are a post-punk revival band from Ealing, London whose music pairs dark romantic imagery with large-scale, synth-bright alternative rock. Formed in 2007 after the members ended their earlier band Fear of Flying, the trio of Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave, and Jack Lawrence-Brown quickly drew attention with the singles Unfinished Business and Death, then reached a wider audience with the debut album To Lose My Life.... Their sound draws from Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Interpol, the Cure, and 1980s new wave, but the band's signature is the size of the presentation: deep vocals, pulsing bass, clean-lined guitars, widescreen keyboards, and choruses built for large rooms. Later albums including Ritual, Big TV, Friends, Five, As I Try Not to Fall Apart, and Night Light continued to refine that mixture of gloom and accessibility. White Lies often write about mortality, distance, desire, and failed communication, but the songs rarely sink into murk because the melodies are so direct. They matter because they turned post-punk's cold architecture into arena-ready emotional drama. Their best material feels severe and polished at once, making melancholy sound expansive rather than withdrawn.
White Lion formed in New York City in 1983 around Danish vocalist Mike Tramp and guitarist Vito Bratta, creating a melodic hard rock sound that paired glam metal polish with unusually thoughtful guitar work and socially aware lyrics. Their breakthrough came with Pride, driven by "Wait," "Tell Me," and the acoustic ballad "When the Children Cry," all of which showcased Tramp's earnest delivery and Bratta's fluid, highly melodic playing. Unlike many peers in the late-1980s hard rock boom, White Lion often wrote about war, divorce, apartheid, environmental destruction, and innocence lost, giving their biggest records a reflective streak beneath the radio-ready sheen. Big Game and Mane Attraction expanded the band's sound, with "Little Fighter" and "Radar Love" demonstrating their ability to mix arena rock choruses with sharper themes and technical guitar detail. Internal tensions and shifting musical tastes ended the classic lineup in the early 1990s, but the band's catalog remains a distinctive part of melodic glam metal history: bright, precise, emotional, and more serious-minded than its image sometimes suggests.
Thrash metal band from Munich, Germany formed in 2014 with a catalog spanning from early demos through releases like The Iron Curse EP, Sacrifice Your Future, and Arrows at the Sun. White Mantis delivers relentless thrash from Bavaria with a raw, underground edge.
Black metal project from Gomersal, West Yorkshire active since 2011. White Medal channels the bleak moors and post-industrial landscapes of northern England through raw, lo-fi black metal with a distinctly English character.
Black metal band from Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia formed in 2021. White Midnight delivers raw black metal from the industrial Tatar city on the Kama River.
Heavy metal act from Boussu, Belgium active since 2011. White Night crafts traditional heavy metal steeped in the muscular riffing and anthemic structures of the genre's European roots.
Black metal band from Severodvinsk, Russia formed in 2021. White Night/Black Forest channels the extreme contrast of Arctic light and boreal darkness into atmospheric black metal from the White Sea coast.
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