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NH, US · 2025–present · active
New Hampshire's Wyrmblood emerged in 2025 with a blackened death metal approach that marries the dissonant fury of black metal to the blunt force of death metal. As a fresh entity in the northeastern underground, they arrive with the menace and darkness their name implies.
Tucson, AZ, US · 2020–present · active
Tucson, Arizona's Wyrmhaven blend melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the breakdown-heavy architecture of deathcore, shaping a sound that carries equal measures of melody and brutality. Formed in 2020, they represent the evolving heavy music scene coming out of the Arizona desert.
Portland, ME, US · 2023–present · active
Portland, Maine's Wyrmoon are a black metal act formed in 2023, cultivating a grim and atmospheric sound befitting the cold, coastal isolation of the northeastern United States. Their recent founding places them among a new wave of American black metal acts committed to the genre's most foreboding qualities.
Orléans, FR · 2009–present · active
Black metal and ambient project from Orléans/Ascoux, France active since 2009. Wyrms blends raw black metal with ambient soundscapes, creating atmospheric compositions from the Loire Valley.
Los Angeles, CA, US · 2024–present · active
Los Angeles black metal newcomers Wyrmtongue launched in 2024, bringing a harsh and uncompromising approach to the genre from within one of North America's most unlikely metal hubs. Their presence in the LA underground signals an interest in bleakness and extremity over the city's more polished heavy fare.
TX, US · 2020–present · active
Ruthless Black / Death Metal out of Texas.
Oulu, FI · 2014–present · active
Avant-garde and atmospheric black metal band from Oulu, Finland active since 2014 with six releases including No Sun Nor Moon, Spirit & Teeth, and Earth Made Flesh. Wyrmwoods pushes atmospheric black metal into experimental territory through an ambitious and evolving catalog.
East Falmouth, MA, US · 2020–present · active
East Falmouth, Massachusetts outfit Wyrre blend death metal's brutality with the atmospheric and dissonant elements of black metal, forging a death/black sound rooted in the isolated quiet of Cape Cod turned inside out. Formed in 2020, their work reflects a self-contained underground ethic far from major scene centers.
Chicago, IL, US · 2017–present · active
Chicago's Wysdom combine blackened heavy metal with a punk-inflected edge, filtering their approach through the gritty street-level energy of Illinois's underground since their 2017 formation. Their crossing of classic heavy metal muscle with black metal darkness and punk attitude gives them a distinctly rough-edged character.
Orlando, FL, US · 2024–present · active
Orlando, Florida's Wysteria emerged in 2024 with a deathcore-anchored sound that brings together breakdown-heavy brutality and melodic death metal structure into a dense and aggressive package. Their arrival in the Florida extreme metal ecosystem builds on a long regional tradition of technical and punishing heaviness.
Skellefteå, SE · 1961–present · active
Heavy/doom metal and hard rock band from Skellefteå, Sweden. Wytch brings crushing heavy doom with a hard rock edge from the mining town of northern Västerbotten.
Lancaster, GB · 1961–present · active
Four-piece hard rock and heavy metal band from Lancaster, England featuring Colin Hendra on guitar and vocals, with five studio albums on Bad Omen Records. Their shimmering blend of NWOBHM, folk rock, and progressive textures has earned them a devoted following, with 2025's V: Lamentations produced by Ed Turner.
US · 2022–present · active
Wytchaus are a black/death metal project formed in 2022 whose precise location remains unknown, channeling the claustrophobic and malevolent intersection of both genres with an outsider anonymity that suits the material. Their work leans into the darkness common to the underground extreme metal world.
Plymouth, GB · 2012–present · active
Death metal band from Plymouth, England active since 2012. Wytchburner delivers punishing death metal from the Devon coast with an occult edge.
Darwen, GB · 2019–present · active
Heavy metal band from Darwen, Lancashire formed in 2019. Wythyn Shadows forges classic heavy metal from the Lancashire mill town at the foot of the West Pennine Moors.

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