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Belgian crossover thrash band formed in 2014, merging thrash metal intensity with hardcore punk aggression. Wild Side delivers no-frills, high-energy crossover that hits with the speed of thrash and the directness of hardcore.
Wild Storm is a heavy/power metal band from São Paulo formed by guitarist and main composer Emerson Aquino alongside vocalist Claudio Santana, bassist Diego Cachigian, and drummer Davyd Havier. Drawing heavily from the classic grammar of Judas Priest, Running Wild, and Grave Digger, the band released their debut full-length "The Crimson Dawn" in October 2025 through Storm Atoom Records. The 12-track album covers themes ranging from individual liberty to the brutality of combat, and the band has lined up live shows across Brazil's underground circuit in support.
Heavy metal band from Halmstad, Sweden active since 2014. Wild Things delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the Halland coast of southwestern Sweden.
Wild Witch is a traditional heavy metal band from Curitiba rooted in the raw sound of the 1980s, counting Judas Priest, Saxon, Motörhead, and Iron Maiden among their core influences. The band released their debut album "The Offering" on Arthorium Records in September 2017, with bassist and vocalist Felipe Leite and drummer Weiberlan Garcia anchoring the lineup. Their second full-length, "Reaper's Blade," arrived in 2025 — a record completed across several years after the death of original guitarist Paulo Ryba, with new vocalist Tiago Souza joining to finish the recordings.
Heavy metal band from Vsetín, Czech Republic formed in 2005. Wilderness channels the power and drive of classic heavy metal through two decades of dedication to the genre in the Czech underground.
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008 by vocalist and guitarist Evan Berry, Wilderun have progressively evolved from folk-inflected heavy metal into one of the most ambitious acts in American progressive and symphonic metal. Their debut Olden Tales and Deathly Trails (2012) drew on American folk tradition, while Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015), Veil of Imagination (2019), and Epigone (2022) marked a sustained compositional leap toward dense orchestration and progressive architecture. Epigone in particular received widespread critical recognition for the scale and craft of its arrangements.
Sludge and doom metal band from England active since 2017. Wildflower channels the crushing weight of sludge and doom through a paradoxically delicate-sounding name.
Wildlights formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2015 as a collaboration between Jason Shi of Southern stoner rock band ASG and Johnny Collins of Thunderlip. Their self-titled debut (2015), produced by Matt Hyde, drew equally from desert rock and blues-rooted Southern hard rock, blending melodic chorus-driven songwriting with dense, purposeful grooves. The project occupies a space between the SoCal stoner tradition and the heavier, blues-inflected sound native to the Carolinas.
Heavy metal band from Cherbourg, France active since 2011. Wildness delivers classic heavy metal from the tip of the Cotentin Peninsula on the Normandy coast.
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