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Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Kharkiv, Ukraine active since 2014. Wasted Heroes blends the melodic traditions of Scandinavian death metal with metalcore energy from Ukraine's second city.
Savage Death Metal out of Texas.
Melodic death metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany formed in 2012. Wasted Sacrifice weaves melody into their death metal foundation, combining aggressive extremity with memorable hooks and harmonic depth.
Progressive and melodic death metal band from Veldegem, Belgium formed in 2020. Wasteland fuses technical proficiency with melodic sensibility, weaving intricate song structures through a death metal foundation.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Ålesund, Norway active since 2011. Wasteland Rocks delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the Art Nouveau coastal city on Norway's western fjords.
Detroit's Wastelander have been fusing black metal, thrash, and crust punk since 2008 with the post-industrial bleakness that city tends to produce in abundance. Their sound is grimy, propulsive, and absolutely uncompromising — the kind of blackened thrash that draws a straight line from the old Teutonic thrash menace through American hardcore hostility. Detroit gave them everything they needed to make music that sounds like it comes from nowhere else.
Technical death metal and deathcore band from Málaga, Spain active since 2013. Wasting the Genesis fuses intricate technical death metal with deathcore's punishing breakdowns, delivering precision-driven extremity from Andalusia.
Black and speed metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2015, self-described as four Madrid rascals who love fast-paced music. Their catalog spans from early demos through splits and the LP Death Arrives, all delivered with raw, Motörhead-influenced speed and punk attitude.
Heavy metal band from Poland formed in 2018. Wataha, meaning "wolf pack" in Polish, delivers powerful heavy metal with a distinctly Polish character.
Experimental black metal project from Transylvania, Romania formed in 2020. Watashi Dake pushes black metal into experimental territory from the legendary region of the Carpathian Mountains.
Ventura County, California's Watch You Fall formed in 2024, arriving with a straightforward metalcore attack shaped by the Southern California scene's long tradition of turning beach proximity into aggression. They are a young band with something to prove, which gives their material an urgency that feels earned rather than performed. Metalcore from the SoCal sprawl, built for stages and nothing else.
Heavy metal band from Skövde, Sweden formed in 2021. Watcher delivers classic heavy metal from the Västergötland region of western Sweden.
Progressive thrash pioneers from Austin. Insanely technical and ahead of their time.
Symphonic, electronic, and melodic death metal band from Rostov-on-Don, Russia active since 2016. Wauld Danz fuses orchestral grandeur and electronic textures with melodic death metal from southern Russia.
Grindcore band from Marseille, France formed in 2023. Wave-Collider delivers short, explosive bursts of grindcore fury from the Mediterranean port city.
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