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Waliche is an indigenous-themed black metal project from Palhoça, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2022 and signed to Wintermist Records. The band centers its work on the culture and spiritual traditions of indigenous peoples of South America, releasing the demo Indigenous Lycanthropic Tyranny in 2023, followed by the full-lengths Proclamation of War and Waliche Yüt.
Sludge/doom metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden active since 2008. Walk Through Fire delivers crushing sludge and doom from the city known for its melodic death metal scene, offering a heavier counterpoint to the Gothenburg sound.
Grindcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden formed in 2023. Walking Corpse delivers explosive grindcore from Sweden's second city.
Progressive death metal band from Helsinki, Finland formed in 2019. Walking Dead Suicide pushes death metal beyond conventional boundaries with progressive arrangements and complex songwriting from the Finnish capital.
Heavy metal band from Potenza, Italy formed in 2018. Named after the Valkyries of Norse mythology, Walkyrya delivers epic heavy metal from the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
Doom and stoner metal band from Sopron, Hungary active since 2011. Wall of Sleep crafts heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from the historic border city near Austria.
Thrash/death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal active since 2011. Wall of Vipers delivers over a decade of aggressive thrash and death metal from the Portuguese capital.
Symphonic black metal band from Steinkjer, Norway active since 1996. Wallachia, named after the Romanian historical region, has spent nearly three decades crafting orchestral black metal from the Trøndelag region of central Norway.
Thrash metal band from Kiel, Germany formed in 2021. Wallcrawler brings fast, aggressive thrash to the northern German port city with an energetic, no-frills approach to the genre.
German black metal project active since 2018 with a prolific catalog including In Dubio Pro Misanthropia, Die Welt Im Argen, and Rattenritual among seven releases. The German-language titles reflect misanthropic and nihilistic themes channeled through an uncompromising black metal framework.
Power and progressive metal band from Fabriano, Italy active since 2015. Walls of Babylon weaves intricate progressive arrangements into power metal's epic framework from the Marche region.
Walls of Jericho formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1998, fronted by vocalist Candace Kucsulain, and became a significant force in early 2000s metalcore through a sound that balanced old-school hardcore, thrash metal, and the chug-driven heaviness of the genre's emerging wave. The band released a series of albums on Trustkill Records, including All Hail the Dead (2004) and With Devils Amongst Us All (2006), before a lengthy hiatus and return with No One Can Save You from Yourself (2016). Kucsulain's commanding presence made Walls of Jericho one of the most visible female-fronted acts in the hardcore and metalcore underground.
Black/death metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2020. Named after the Walpurgis Night sabbat, Walpurgia channels infernal darkness through a potent black/death metal hybrid.
Black metal and dark ambient project from Dortmund, Germany active since 2005, blending raw yet melodic black metal with atmospheric darkness. Their extensive catalog includes the Demonisch Driftwezen series alongside full-length albums, all performed with lyrics in traditional Dutch.
Walrider is a thrash/crossover band from Formosa, Goiás, Brazil, active since 2015. The band is part of Brazil's interior underground scene and has released the album Death, Beer and Mosh, a title that announces their no-frills approach to pit-ready crossover thrash.
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