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Death/black metal band from Compiègne, France emerging in 2024. Warlord delivers a dual assault of death and black metal from the historic Picardy region north of Paris.
Thrash and death metal band from Birmingham, England active since 2016. Warlord U.K. channels the industrial might of the West Midlands into aggressive thrash and death metal.
Houston heavy psych/doom blending 70s rock and psychedelia into high-powered heavy rock.
Thrash metal band from Angers, France formed in 2023. Warmachine brings fresh thrash aggression to the Loire Valley with rapid riffing and relentless energy.
Black metal project from Sweden formed in 2022. Warmaker channels martial aggression through uncompromising black metal.
Death metal band from Saratov, Russia formed in 2020. Warmeat delivers visceral death metal from the Volga River city of central Russia.
El Paso thrash veterans Warmonger have been operating since 2009, building a reputation on the border city's blend of aggression and resilience. El Paso occupies its own world in the Texas metal landscape — isolated from the Austin and Dallas hubs, forging something harder and more insular — and Warmonger's thrash reflects that character. Over fifteen years, they have become a fixture in a scene that demands durability.
Black metal project from Lahti, Finland active since 2019 with a catalog spanning four releases including Battlespells, Pure Cold Impurity, and Burning Banners of the Funereal War. Warmoon Lord delivers militant, ritualistic black metal steeped in demonic and warlike imagery.
Progressive/groove metal band from Moscow, Russia active since 2014. Warmoth blends progressive complexity with groove metal's rhythmic punch from the Russian capital.
Death metal band from Manchester, England emerging in 2024. Warnerve brings fresh death metal brutality to Manchester's thriving extreme music underground.
Power metal band from Cádiz, Spain formed in 2019. Warning delivers the soaring melodies and epic compositions characteristic of power metal from the ancient port city of southern Spain.
Death metal band from Cosenza, Italy formed in 2019. Warocracy delivers visceral death metal from the Calabrian mountains of southern Italy.
Post-black metal band from Saransk, Russia active since 2013. Warona pushes black metal into atmospheric, post-rock-influenced territory from the capital of Mordovia.
NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England active since 2019. Warrior carries the torch of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal tradition with classic riffs and anthemic structures from the northeast.
Heavy and power metal band from Athens, Greece featuring Andreas Sinanoglou with guitarist Bob Katsionis and vocalist Daniel Heiman of Lost Horizon fame. Their 2021 album The Mad King blends NWOBHM, epic metal, and power metal across ten tracks of dramatic, larger-than-life heavy metal.
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