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Willian Amorim is a progressive power metal project out of São Luís, Maranhão, led by multi-instrumentalist and drummer Willian Amorim and built around themes of fantasy and epic legend. The project's debut EP, "The Elven Curse," was released in February 2025 and features guest appearances from Sozos Michael of Gloryhammer, Elliot Vernon of Alestorm, and Maria Verhelst of Women In Rock UK, among others. Tracks including "Journey to Iter," "Hellfire," and "Echoes of Destiny" showcase a sound that moves between power and symphonic metal.
Black metal band from Chaykovsky, Russia formed in 2021. Willinderh crafts black metal from the small industrial city on the Kama River in the Perm region.
Depressive black metal project from Zoelmond, Netherlands active since 2011. Willoos channels the flat, grey Dutch landscape into introspective depressive black metal.
Progressive metal band from Barakaldo/Bilbao, Spain active since 2012. Willow crafts intricate progressive metal from the Basque Country's industrial heartland, balancing technical complexity with emotional depth.
Power metal band from Oostakker, Belgium formed in 2019. Willow's Whisper brings the soaring melodies and epic compositions characteristic of power metal to the Belgian scene.
Melodic heavy metal band from London/Brighton, England active since 2011. Willowmoon crafts accessible melodic heavy metal that bridges the creative energy of London and Brighton.
Black metal band from Valladolid, Spain active since 2001. Willpower channels over two decades of dedication to black metal from the Castilian meseta of central Spain.
Cosmos-obsessed progressive extreme metal. Debut 'The Heavens Are Not on Fire' is a concept album about the Great Meteor Storm of 1833; follow-up 'Echoes' chronicles a deep-space expedition in one 32-minute track.
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Austin's Wilting Away have been cranking out grindcore since 2016, part of a Texas capital scene that has long punched above its weight in underground extremity. Their approach is characteristically blunt — fast, short, brutal, and uninterested in compromise, delivering the kind of caustic grind that Austin's outsider music culture has always made room for.
Death metal band from Enschede, Netherlands formed in 2019. Wiltondale delivers punishing death metal from the eastern Dutch city near the German border.
Ambient black metal project from Sweden formed in 2022. Wind Cathedral blends the ethereal beauty of ambient music with black metal's raw intensity.
Los Angeles's Wind from the Valley formed in 2023 at the intersection of doom metal and post-metal, a combination that allows them to build from crushing heaviness into something more spacious and atmospheric. For a city better known for its sprawl than its slowness, the band carves out a reflective, immersive space that lets each riff breathe and expand.
One of the older acts in the American underground, Jackson, Michigan's Wind of the Black Mountains have been producing raw, orthodox black metal since 1996 — nearly thirty years of fidelity to a sound that most fair-weather fans abandoned long ago. They represent the true American black metal underground: isolated, uncompromising, and indifferent to trends.
Folk and power metal band from Pisa, Italy evolving from progressive/power metal into a beloved folk/power metal act. Wind Rose has gained international renown for their dwarf-themed folk power metal anthems that celebrate mining, feasting, and underground glory.
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