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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Thrash metal band from Dülmen/Coesfeld, Germany formed in 2022. Wifebeater brings raw, confrontational thrash to the Westphalian underground with an unfiltered approach to the genre.
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.
Black metal band from Fano, Italy formed in 2019. Wij delivers raw black metal from the Adriatic coast of the Marche region.
Black, death, and gothic metal project from Spain active since 1994, incorporating ambient and folk elements into their diverse sound. Wiking Wings spans nearly three decades of genre-blending extreme metal that draws from both atmospheric and aggressive traditions.
Black metal band from Malbork, Poland active since 2015. Wilcy, meaning "wolves," channels raw black metal from the city dominated by the Teutonic Knights' castle.
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.
Philadelphia's Wild Beyond formed in 2023 at the caustic junction of black metal and thrash — burning fast and mean in the tradition of blackthrash's most venomous practitioners. Philly has long fostered a taste for extreme music, and Wild Beyond carry that energy forward with a sound built on speed, spite, and riffs that cut.
Wild Hunt is a pagan metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe founded by vocalist and guitarist Fábio Laporte, drawing their lyrical themes from Brazilian mythology and indigenous culture. The band released their debut EP "Awakening of the Wild Spirits" in 2018, followed by the single "Hy Breasail" in 2021, which blended pagan and folk metal with a conceptual approach to Brazilian history. Their track "Savage Rebel" was also featured on the Roadie Metal Vol. 14 compilation in 2020.
Heavy and doom metal band from Turin, Italy active since 2015. Wild Life merges the power of heavy metal with doom's crushing weight from the Piedmontese capital at the foot of the Alps.
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