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Werken are a heavy metal band from Comodoro Rivadavia in the Patagonia region of Argentina, originally formed in 2002 under the name Odisea before adopting their current name — Mapuche for "messenger" — after five years. The band released three studio albums: "Plegaria al Sur" (2010), "Jinete en la Tormenta" (2014, through Icarus Music), and "Tierra Salvaje" (November 2020, through MTM Prod. Records). Their sound draws on classic heavy metal and hard rock influences including Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, and Argentine folk music.
Wesko channels raw aggression and unapologetic attitude into a heavy rock and metal approach built on pummeling riffs and high-energy performance. With a growing social media following and a 'born to raise hell' ethos, the project delivers visceral heavy music aimed at the modern rock audience.
Minnesota's West Coast Incident formed in 2023, their name carrying an ironic geographic displacement that suits a band playing death and sludge metal far from either coast. Their hybrid of death metal's aggression and sludge metal's crawling density is well-suited to the brutal Minnesota winters that the Twin Cities underground has always converted into heavy music. Strange name, straightforward devastation.
Western Fields is a Brazilian depressive black metal project whose demo "Depressive Gaia" was released as a limited CD-R edition of 66 copies through Depressive Illusions Records. The project explores themes of depression, misanthropy, and isolation that are characteristic of the DSBM genre's most introspective wing. The band has been on hold since the early 2020s.
Sludge and doom metal band from Essen, Germany formed in 2017. Weyed channels the gritty industrial character of the Ruhr Valley into crushing sludge and doom metal riffs.
Stoner and sludge metal four-piece from Munich featuring Kosta Karakatsanis, Simon Hanke, Moritz Brengel, and Stanislav Bacherikov. Their 2014 demo showcases a blend of progressive, sludge, and stoner metal across tracks like Witches In The Sky and The Tower.
Doom and sludge metal band from Brighton, England formed in 2018. Whale Bone channels oppressive heaviness through a doom/sludge hybrid from the south coast seaside city.
Folk metal band from Kingston upon Hull, England active since 2017. Whalebone draws from the maritime heritage of the Humber estuary, weaving folk elements into a metal framework.
Gainesville's Wharflurch formed in 2019, emerging from the North Florida college town that has always punched above its weight in underground music with a death-doom sound that feels genuinely swamp-adjacent — slow, putrefying, and emanating something deeply unpleasant. Gainesville's humidity and proximity to old Florida wilderness seeps into everything, and Wharflurch sounds like it grew up from the ground rather than being constructed. Death-doom for the subtropics.
Russellville, Alabama's What Brings Ruin have been conjuring raw black metal and noise since 2019 from a small Northwest Alabama city that is not traditionally associated with the genre — which is precisely what gives the project its claustrophobic intensity. Raw black metal demands isolation and contempt for comfort, and operating from the rural American South provides both in abundance. Abrasive, unadorned, and made somewhere that most people will never think to look.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Magdeburg, Germany formed in 2019. What Lies Beneath fuses Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore energy from the capital of Saxony-Anhalt.
Heavy metal and punk rock band from Turku, Finland formed in 2016. Whatever Motherfuckers brings an irreverent punk attitude to heavy metal from Finland's oldest city on the southwestern coast.
Raw black metal project from Portugal formed in 2021. Wheel of Torture channels medieval punishment imagery through lo-fi raw black metal.
Industrial, sludge, and post-metal band from Nancy, France active from 2009 to 2021, featuring members Fabien W. Furter, Maxime Hanné, Florian Rambour, and others. Their sound drew comparisons to Neurosis and Godflesh, with their 2020 concept album mastered by James Plotkin exploring themes of societal collapse and class warfare.
Heavy metal band from Athens, Greece formed in 2018. Wheelrunner channels the power and drive of classic heavy metal from the Athenian scene.
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