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Black/death metal and deathcore band from Mannheim, Germany active since 2006. Weltenbrand merges the blast-beat intensity of black and death metal with deathcore's crushing breakdowns from the Rhine-Neckar region.
Austrian depressive black metal act from Vöcklabruck exploring themes of transcendence and metaphysical darkness through German-language compositions. Their releases Transzendenz Schatten Romantik and Schöpfung channel bleak introspection into atmospheric black metal with a philosophical bent.
One-man doom metal project from Eisenach, Germany incorporating drone, black, and post-metal influences across a methodically numbered discography from Eins through Drei and beyond. The solo project channels diverse extreme metal influences through a doom metal lens, with recent albums including Nachwelt, Uebergang, and Licht.
Doom metal and shoegaze band from Clermont-Ferrand, France formed in 2023. Wempusa fuses the crushing weight of doom with shoegaze's ethereal textures from the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne.
Queens thrash outfit Wench have been in operation since 2011, dragging the Old Bay Area aggression into New York City's outer boroughs with a chip on their shoulder that is entirely appropriate given where they come from. Queens has never been celebrated the way Manhattan or Brooklyn have, and Wench plays thrash that sounds like it knows that — raw, fast, and combative. Everything good about the genre, delivered without ceremony.
Oregon's Wendigo formed in 2019 drawing on the Pacific Northwest's deep reserves of wilderness mythology and perpetual grey — the Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit of the forests, is perfect fuel for black metal that wants to feel genuinely cold and ancient. Oregon's forests and coastline have shaped some of the region's most atmospheric metal, and Wendigo taps that well with a sound that feels born in the fog. Raw and elemental, exactly as it should be.
Death metal band from Oberhausen, Germany formed in 2016. Went Blank delivers direct, heavy death metal from the industrial Ruhr region of western Germany.
Melodic death and groove metal band from Lahti, Finland formed in 2020. Weren fuses the melodic power of Finnish death metal with groove metal's rhythmic punch from the industrial city of southern Finland.
Bay Area heavy metal act Werewolf have been operating since 2008 in one of the most historically rich scenes for the genre in the world — Northern California's peninsula of metal royalty. They play traditional heavy metal that is unambiguous in its devotion to the form, shaped by decades of Bay Area precedent while belonging entirely to the current underground. Old blood, still running.
Symphonic and progressive metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2021. Wereworld weaves orchestral elements into progressive metal structures, creating cinematic compositions with ambitious scope.
Heavy Melodic Death Metal out of Texas.
Black doom art project from Weimar, Germany active since 2013, blending black metal darkness with doom metal weight across four albums including Animist, Lunar Cult Society, and Among Humans. Their self-described "Black Doom Art" approach fuses extreme metal with an artistic, atmospheric vision.
Wesko channels raw aggression and unapologetic attitude into a heavy rock and metal approach built on pummeling riffs and high-energy performance. With a growing social media following and a 'born to raise hell' ethos, the project delivers visceral heavy music aimed at the modern rock audience.
Minnesota's West Coast Incident formed in 2023, their name carrying an ironic geographic displacement that suits a band playing death and sludge metal far from either coast. Their hybrid of death metal's aggression and sludge metal's crawling density is well-suited to the brutal Minnesota winters that the Twin Cities underground has always converted into heavy music. Strange name, straightforward devastation.
Sludge and doom metal band from Essen, Germany formed in 2017. Weyed channels the gritty industrial character of the Ruhr Valley into crushing sludge and doom metal riffs.
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