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Forming in Los Angeles in 2024, Whoremones crash together hardcore's blunt-force aggression with heavy metal's commanding riffs into something confrontational and raw. Still freshly minted, this band represents the city's long tradition of cross-pollinating extreme subgenres into something harder to ignore than either alone.
Grindcore band from Besançon, France active since 2009, self-described as "Grindcore ov Death" with members Lopin, Anto, Tonio, and Pibe. Their 2022 album Dearth packs sixteen tracks into nineteen minutes of precision grindcore laced with death metal stench, recorded at Disvlar Studio and mastered at Earhammer Studio.
Hardcore and post-black metal band from Slagelse, Denmark formed in 2012. Whorls bridges the intensity of hardcore with post-black metal's atmospheric scope, creating a dynamic hybrid from the Danish underground.
Experimental death metal and grindcore project from Paris with electronic influences, formed in 2022. Whourkr pushes extreme metal into electronic territory through an avant-garde fusion that defies conventional genre boundaries.
Black metal project from Minsk, Belarus active since 2013. Whrwlf channels raw black metal aggression through a stripped-down, uncompromising approach to the genre.
Avant-garde thrash metal band from Nuoro, Sardinia active since 2001. Why? brings over two decades of experimental thrash metal from the mountainous interior of the Mediterranean island.
Named after the infamous pirate ship, Indianapolis's Whydah launched in 2025 at the crossroads of crossover thrash and full-on thrash metal — the kind of no-frills, pit-ready attack that tips its cap to both hardcore street ethos and metal's technical ferocity. Even as one of the newer acts in the Midwest's resurgent heavy underground, they're already sharpening a sound that values speed and impact above all else.
Heavy metal band from Örebro, Sweden active since 2014. Whyte Ash channels the spirit of classic heavy metal from the central Swedish city.
Seattle's Whythre has been honing a melodic death metal approach since 2016, blending the precision and melody of the Gothenburg school with the darker, more abrasive edge that runs through the Pacific Northwest's metal scene. Their sound balances aching melodic leads against heavier, grinding death metal foundations — brooding in the way only a Seattle band can pull off with conviction.
Psychedelic-influenced hardcore punk merging early Boston hardcore aggression with 70s psych rock mysticism.
Wicked Aggression is a thrash metal band from Puerto Montt, Chile, originally formed in 2003. The band resurfaced in 2025 with "XXMMV," a remastered version of their unreleased 2003 demo with rhythm tracks re-recorded for the release.
Blazing Speed / Power Metal from San Antonio.
Heavy metal band from Milan, Italy formed in 2016. Wicked Asylum delivers classic heavy metal from Italy's fashion and industrial capital.
Out of Helena, Ohio, Wicked Aura have been building their take on traditional heavy metal since 2016 — a small-town approach to the genre that strips the music back to essentials: heavy riffs, earnest vocals, and a commitment to the form that doesn't require a major market to validate it. They're part of a quiet but real current of Midwest acts keeping classic metal alive in unexpected corners of the country.
Black metal project from Italy emerging in 2024. Wicked Fields channels dark atmospheres through black metal with a focus on malevolent, nature-inspired imagery.
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