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Atmospheric and pagan black metal project from Germering, Germany active since 2018 with releases A Depraved Ritual and Burying The Bleeding Thrones. Their sound weaves pagan themes and atmospheric textures into a foundation of raw black metal.
Heavy metal band from Rome, Italy active since 2004. Whisperz has spent two decades delivering heavy metal from the Eternal City.
Technical progressive metal from Mesquite.
Thrash metal band from Yutz, France formed in 2021. White Bastard channels raw thrash aggression from the Moselle region near the Luxembourg border.
Black metal band from Östergötland, Sweden formed in 2022. White Dawn delivers atmospheric black metal from the historic heartland of eastern Sweden.
Black metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland formed in 2017. White Death channels the freezing darkness of the Finnish-Russian border region into ferocious, uncompromising black metal.
Doom metal project from Finland formed in 2022. White Devil crafts slow, heavy doom steeped in the oppressive darkness of the Finnish winter landscape.
White Dragon Project is a heavy metal band from Minas Gerais, Brazil, that released their debut album "Prepare for the Changes" blending power, prog, and traditional heavy metal. They followed it with "The Story of Gaia" in 2023, a ten-track concept album released through Nomade Records exploring themes of civilization, ancient history, and secret societies. The band has built a reputation in Brazil's underground metal scene for ambitious, lyrically driven releases.
Symphonic black/gothic metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia active since 2013. White Egregor weaves symphonic and gothic elements into black metal from the city on the Neva.
Heavy metal band from Antwerp, Belgium formed in 2014. White Heat channels the raw energy of classic heavy metal with a rock-and-roll edge, bringing high-octane performances to the Belgian scene.
Thrash metal band from Munich, Germany formed in 2014 with a catalog spanning from early demos through releases like The Iron Curse EP, Sacrifice Your Future, and Arrows at the Sun. White Mantis delivers relentless thrash from Bavaria with a raw, underground edge.
Black metal project from Gomersal, West Yorkshire active since 2011. White Medal channels the bleak moors and post-industrial landscapes of northern England through raw, lo-fi black metal with a distinctly English character.
Black metal band from Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia formed in 2021. White Midnight delivers raw black metal from the industrial Tatar city on the Kama River.
Heavy metal act from Boussu, Belgium active since 2011. White Night crafts traditional heavy metal steeped in the muscular riffing and anthemic structures of the genre's European roots.
Black metal band from Severodvinsk, Russia formed in 2021. White Night/Black Forest channels the extreme contrast of Arctic light and boreal darkness into atmospheric black metal from the White Sea coast.
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