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Founded in 1997 to unite the Texas hardcore scene. Returned in 2023 after a long hiatus.
Will2Kill was a thrash and groove metal band from Recife whose lineup included vocalist Wilfred Gadêlha, guitarist Hugo Medeiros, bassist Eddie Cheever, and drummer Daniel A. Mello. The band released their debut album "Cause For Alarm" in March 2016, recorded at the Bigorna and Pólvora studios. They operated independently within Recife's underground metal scene before eventually splitting up.
Seattle's Willard arrived in 2022 hauling doom and sludge metal traditions through the Pacific Northwest rain — a city that has produced some of the heaviest, most atmospheric music in the genre for decades, and Willard slot naturally into that lineage. Their sound is the kind of slow, crushing weight that feels like the grey Seattle sky pressing down on everything below it.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Järvenpää, Finland emerging in 2025. Willfire brings fresh energy to the Finnish heavy metal tradition from the lakeside city north of Helsinki.
Out of Rogers, Arkansas, William Blake Is Doomed pair one of doom metal's most literary band names with the kind of heavy, slow-burning music the name demands — formed in 2020 in a part of the country not often associated with the genre, which only adds to the project's singular character. The Ozark region's isolation lends itself well to the introspective, crushing weight of funeral-paced doom.
Sludge metal project from Thetford, England active since 2015. William English delivers heavy, grinding sludge metal from the Norfolk-Suffolk border region of East Anglia.
Willian Amorim is a progressive power metal project out of São Luís, Maranhão, led by multi-instrumentalist and drummer Willian Amorim and built around themes of fantasy and epic legend. The project's debut EP, "The Elven Curse," was released in February 2025 and features guest appearances from Sozos Michael of Gloryhammer, Elliot Vernon of Alestorm, and Maria Verhelst of Women In Rock UK, among others. Tracks including "Journey to Iter," "Hellfire," and "Echoes of Destiny" showcase a sound that moves between power and symphonic metal.
Black metal band from Chaykovsky, Russia formed in 2021. Willinderh crafts black metal from the small industrial city on the Kama River in the Perm region.
Depressive black metal project from Zoelmond, Netherlands active since 2011. Willoos channels the flat, grey Dutch landscape into introspective depressive black metal.
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