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Brutal death metal band from Omsk, Russia active since 2011. Weakness delivers punishing brutality from the West Siberian city on the Irtysh River.
Founded in 2003 by Vetis Monarch in Calgary, Alberta, Weapon pursued a lethal synthesis of black and death metal rooted in occult and left-hand path philosophy. After early recordings made partly in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the band relocated to Edmonton and signed with Relapse Records, releasing the full-length From the Devil's Tomb (2010) and Embers and Revelations (2012) before disbanding in 2013. Their controlled aggression and esoteric conceptual framework set them apart from their Canadian peers.
Denver's Weapönizer have been waging black/thrash war since 2011, bringing the classic Teutonic-style extremity of the form to a city whose altitude seems to sharpen everything into something more dangerous. The umlaut is earned: their music operates in the savage tradition of early Kreator and Sodom filtered through American blackened aggression. Relentless, deliberately raw, and built for maximum hostile impact.
Heavy metal band from Matera, Italy active since 2013. Weatherstorm delivers classic heavy metal from the ancient cave city of Basilicata, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Progressive death and groove metal band from Dorset, England formed in 2020. Named after the Tolkien landmark, Weathertop blends progressive complexity with death and groove metal's heavy foundation.
Solo heavy metal project from Vienna driven by Philip "Weazzel" Rubenser, who handles all instruments and production. Their 2025 album Make Money Not Friends delivers nine tracks of politically charged thrash-infused heavy metal featuring guest guitarists from bands like Thunderor and Diamond Falcon.
Progressive thrash and doom metal band from Porto, Portugal active since 2017, evolving from groove/power/thrash origins. Web has pushed their sound into increasingly progressive and doom-laden territory from Portugal's northern capital.
Pagan black metal project from Germany emerging in 2025. Named after the changeling of Germanic folklore, Wechselbalg channels pagan mysticism and nature worship through atmospheric black metal.
Atmospheric and depressive black metal solo project from Memmingen, Germany active since 2006 with an extensive catalog spanning over a decade. Their discography includes albums like Einsamer Winterweg and Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt alongside splits with Nocturnal Depression, Moloch, and Wintergeist.
Born Joseph Poole in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wednesday 13 built his career through successive horror-themed projects — Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 in the mid-1990s and the widely exposed Murderdolls, a collaboration with Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison — before launching his eponymous solo band in 2004. Drawing equally from Alice Cooper theatrics, glam metal, and death rock, the project debuted with Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead (2005) and has sustained a prolific output of horror-inflected heavy metal ever since. He remains one of the most consistent figures in the horror punk and dark metal crossover space.
Heavy metal band from Liège, Belgium formed in 2017. Weed delivers straightforward heavy metal rooted in the classic European tradition of powerful riffs and driving rhythms.
Formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998 by bassist and vocalist Dave "Dixie" Collins, a veteran of the sludge act Buzzoven, Weedeater channel the heaviest elements of Southern doom and noise rock into a characteristically filthy, low-register rumble. Their debut ...And Justice for Y'all (2001) and Sixteen Tons (2003) appeared on Berserker Records before the band joined Southern Lord for God Luck and Good Speed. Their most recent album, Goliathan (2015), continued the uncompromising approach that made them central figures in the North Carolina heavy underground.
Weedevil is a stoner/doom metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, whose debut LP "The Return" was released in April 2022 via DHU Records, featuring members Lorraine Scar on vocals, Paulo Ueno and Bodão on guitars, Dani Plothow on bass, and Flávio Cavichioli on drums. They followed it with the split "Cult of Devil Sounds" alongside Mexico's Electric Cult Doomers in 2023, then released their second album "Profane Smoke Ritual" through Smolder Brains Records in June 2024. Drawing from Black Sabbath, Windhand, and Acid King, the band blends lacerating riffs with occult and spiritualist themes.
Stoner and doom metal project from Poland emerging in 2024. Weedgazer channels hazy psychedelic atmospheres through heavy stoner doom riffs.
Stoner and doom metal band from Kraków, Poland formed in 2023. Weedow delivers heavy, groove-laden stoner doom from the former royal capital of Poland.
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