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Death/doom and black metal project from Germany formed in 2019. Wargiþa channels archaic darkness through a hybrid of crushing doom passages and black metal ferocity, with releases including Fleshgate and Stille.
Black metal project from Reinhardshagen, Germany with roots stretching back to 1992, making it one of the earliest German black metal acts still active. Wargod draws from over three decades of devotion to raw, uncompromising black metal.
Wargore is an old-school death/thrash metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2017 and playing in the tradition of early extreme metal. The band has released two albums — Between Evil and Death (2017) and Cursed Existence (2020) — both independently produced and distributed through their Bandcamp page.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Umag, Croatia active since 2016. Wargrave delivers powerful riffing from the Istrian peninsula on the Adriatic coast.
Black/death metal band from Athens, Greece active since 2012. Wargrinder merges black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's crushing heaviness from the Athenian underground.
Brutal death metal band from Caen/Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France active since 2017. Wargus delivers unrelenting brutality from Normandy with guttural vocals and crushing riffs.
Black metal project from Girona, Spain active since 2015. Warguss forges dark, atmospheric black metal from the Catalonian borderlands near the Pyrenees.
Doom, death, and thrash metal band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany signed to Ván Records, evolving from heavy Hellhammer influences into their own distinctive sound. Their 2025 album Total Maniac was recorded in the presence of late member Volker, who passed away two weeks after the final recordings, and was released on the fourth anniversary of his death.
Death/black metal band from Pistoia, Italy formed in 2020. Warhatred channels fury through a vicious blend of death and black metal from the Tuscan hills.
Saint Paul's Warhead emerged in 2023 at the intersection of thrash, death metal, and crossover — a convergence zone where the pit never stops moving. They bring the raw directness of crossover's hardcore DNA to material that has genuine death metal menace buried inside it, and the result plays like a provocation aimed at anyone standing still. The Twin Cities underground has always had teeth, and Warhead are happy to use theirs.
San Marcos, Texas gave rise to Warhead Wrex in 2019, a band built on the collision of death metal's extremity with groove metal's undeniable physical pull. Situated between Austin and San Antonio in the heart of the Texas metal corridor, they tap into the region's tradition of raw, powerful heavy music while keeping things thick and visceral. The groove is not a concession — it is the whole point.
Black metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2016. Warheart delivers cold, aggressive black metal in the proud tradition of Finland's flourishing extreme metal scene.
Death/black metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden active since 2017. Warheim merges death and black metal from Sweden's extreme metal capital.
Crushing Heavy / Groove Metal from Dallas.
Black metal band from Paimio, Finland formed in 2020. Warhorn channels the frozen darkness of southwestern Finland through uncompromising black metal.
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