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Stoner rock and metal band from Nottingham, England active since 2006. Widows has spent nearly two decades delivering heavy, groove-laden stoner riffs from the East Midlands.
Black metal project from Sweden formed in 2022. Widunder, meaning "prodigy" in Old Swedish, channels archaic Nordic darkness through black metal.
Death/thrash metal band from Łódź, Poland formed in 2023. Wieczny Mróz, meaning "eternal frost," delivers aggressive death/thrash from Poland's third-largest city.
Stoner and doom metal band from Toruń, Poland active since 2013. Wieczny Powrót, meaning "eternal return," crafts heavy stoner doom from the medieval Vistula city.
Tucson's Wield formed in 2021 at the brutal intersection of death metal and hardcore — two genres that, at their most aggressive, aren't that far apart, and Wield makes sure you feel exactly how close together they can get. The desert city provides an appropriate backdrop for music this confrontational and relentless.
St. Louis's Wieldsayer have been practicing a cold, methodical strain of black metal since 2018 — the kind of music that carries the genre's Norwegian roots while planting them firmly in the Midwest's bleak winters. There's a no-frills intensity to their approach that fits the working-class grit of their city.
Death metal project from Russia formed in 2022. Wierddream delivers death metal through a surreal, dreamlike lens that pushes the genre into strange territory.
Thrash metal band from Dülmen/Coesfeld, Germany formed in 2022. Wifebeater brings raw, confrontational thrash to the Westphalian underground with an unfiltered approach to the genre.
Stoner doom turned progressive heavy metal band from Darmstadt, Germany active since 2011 with an extensive catalog including Wight Weedy Wight, Through The Woods Into Deep Water, and Atlas. Their evolution from stoner/doom roots into heavier progressive territory has earned them a dedicated following and a split release with Stone Axe.
Black metal band from Fano, Italy formed in 2019. Wij delivers raw black metal from the Adriatic coast of the Marche region.
Black, death, and gothic metal project from Spain active since 1994, incorporating ambient and folk elements into their diverse sound. Wiking Wings spans nearly three decades of genre-blending extreme metal that draws from both atmospheric and aggressive traditions.
Black metal band from Malbork, Poland active since 2015. Wilcy, meaning "wolves," channels raw black metal from the city dominated by the Teutonic Knights' castle.
Melodic heavy metal band from Neunkirchen, Germany formed in 2014. Wild Axes sharpens classic European heavy metal with strong melodies and dual-guitar harmonies in the tradition of the genre's greatest acts.
Philadelphia's Wild Beyond formed in 2023 at the caustic junction of black metal and thrash — burning fast and mean in the tradition of blackthrash's most venomous practitioners. Philly has long fostered a taste for extreme music, and Wild Beyond carry that energy forward with a sound built on speed, spite, and riffs that cut.
Heavy and doom metal band from Turin, Italy active since 2015. Wild Life merges the power of heavy metal with doom's crushing weight from the Piedmontese capital at the foot of the Alps.
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