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Warfare Noise Project is a Brazilian thrash/death metal act from Paraná formed in 2021 by members going by the handles M. Prophanator and J.S. Dissector, conceived as a tribute to the underground extreme metal of the 1980s. The project released two albums in quick succession: 80's Paraná Metal Years (2021), celebrating the classic heavy metal of their home state, and A Brazilian Extreme Metal Tribute (2022), paying homage to the pioneering extreme metal bands of Brazil.
Melodic death and folk metal band from Tampere, Finland active since 2017. Warfarer blends the melodic traditions of Finnish death metal with folk elements, drawing from the rich heritage of Nordic music.
WARFECT formed in Uddevalla, Sweden in 2008, releasing their debut Depicting the Macabre in 2009 before fully consolidating their sound into sharp, Bay Area-influenced thrash on Exoneration Denied (2013). Signed to Napalm Records, the band has continued releasing records including Spectre of Devastation (2020), maintaining a consistent output within the Swedish thrash underground. Their approach draws from both American Bay Area riffing and the aggressive directness of classic Teutonic thrash.
Warfield formed in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany in 2012 as a three-piece dedicated to old-school thrash metal in the tradition of Slayer, Sodom, Kreator, and Bay Area acts. The band released their debut full-length Wrecking Command in 2018 through Metal on Metal Records before signing to Napalm Records for their second album With the Old Breed (2025), marking a significant step forward in terms of profile and reach.
Warfield Death is a death metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, that released their debut album Death in 2009, a nine-track record distributed in a limited run of 1,000 hand-numbered copies on Sade Records. The band was initially built around founding member Polo Flores (known as Hellfire), who handled music, concept, and artwork, with drummer Infernal joining to complete the recording lineup.
Death-thrash metal band from Mönchengladbach, Germany founded in 2005, featuring Sebastian Meisen on vocals, Christian Neumann and Felix Lemmen on guitars/bass, and Selim Karakoc on drums. After a hiatus from 2013-2019, they returned with renewed force, releasing Beast Inside, Pure Purge, and the 2025 album Rise of Independence.
Warfire is a heavy/thrash metal band from Tatuí, São Paulo, Brazil, drawing from classic 1980s metal and the Brazilian heavy metal tradition. The band released the EP It's Time to War and the album Heralds of Eternal Order (2017), the latter issued as a limited CD through Breath of Pestilence.
Black/thrash metal band from Zielona Góra, Poland active since 2008. Warfist merges the raw ferocity of black metal with thrash's velocity from the western Polish city near the German border.
Thrash/death metal band from Brodnica, Poland active since 2017. Warflame delivers aggressive thrash and death metal from the small Kuyavian-Pomeranian town.
Warforged is a one-man black metal project from Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil, led by sole member Daeroth Inglorion, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project released the full-length album The Black Age of Light's Fall and has continued operating as an independent underground act rooted in occult black metal aesthetics.
Thrash metal band from Leipzig, Germany describing themselves simply as "Thrash Metal from Leipzig." Their 2016 debut Global Extinction packs ten tracks of thrash fury exploring themes of desolation, societal collapse, and forced violence.
Death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia formed in 2018. WarFuneralMarch channels the militaristic fury of their name into aggressive death/thrash from the Russian capital.
Thrash, heavy, and melodic death metal band from Zaragoza, Spain formed in 2021. Warg weaves multiple metal traditions into an aggressive hybrid that draws from thrash velocity and melodic death metal's harmonic depth.
Melodic death metal band from Bucharest, Romania active since 2008. Warganism channels Scandinavian-style melodic death metal from the Romanian capital.
Epic death/black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2022. Wargasm channels the grandeur of epic extreme metal through a death and black metal fusion from the French capital.
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