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A death metal band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 2020, Writhing Shadows traffic in the genre's more atmospheric strains — dense, mid-paced, and built on riffs that linger rather than bludgeon. Their Southern roots add a certain heaviness to the music that feels earned rather than affected.
Progressive metal from Holyoke, Massachusetts, active since 2013, Writing in the Skies pursue the technically ambitious, emotionally expressive side of the genre rather than its more self-indulgent tendencies. They've cultivated a dedicated following in New England's prog-metal underground with material that rewards patient listening.
Pompano Beach, Florida's Written in Blood have been fusing power metal's melodic ambitions with the speed and aggression of thrash since 2018, landing on a sound that's as likely to soar as it is to tear through a riff. South Florida's metal scene has produced stranger combinations, but few that work as cleanly.
A metalcore band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, formed in 2018, Written in Gray work within the genre's dual-mode language of aggression and melody without veering into the pop-adjacent territory that defines many of their peers. They represent the more earnest, guitar-driven wing of the contemporary metalcore scene.
Black metal project from Harrogate, England active since 2006. Written in Torment has spent nearly two decades crafting black metal from the Yorkshire spa town, channeling anguish through atmospheric extremity.
Wrong formed in Miami, Florida in 2014, drawing together veterans of Torche, Kylesa, and Capsule to produce a noise rock sound rooted in bludgeoning groove, dissonant melody, and cathartic vocal delivery. Their self-titled debut (2016, Relapse Records) established the band's blunt, riff-forward approach across eleven tracks, and Feel Great (2018) sharpened the formula with increased speed and melodic density. The band occupies the heavier end of noise rock, sharing sonic territory with the Amphetamine Reptile tradition while incorporating the Southern sludge sensibilities of its members' prior projects.
Denton, Texas's Wrought of Obsidian have been one of the more distinctive voices in the state's black metal underground since 2010, working a melodic black/death vein with sharp, often haunting guitar work that draws on Scandinavian melodic traditions without simply replicating them. Denton's art-heavy cultural scene has clearly left its mark on their approach.
An Indianapolis melodic death metal band formed in 2023, Wrought with Plague arrived with the dual-guitar melody and aggressive attack that defines the genre's most enduring works. Still establishing themselves in Indiana's underground, they've planted themselves firmly in the European-influenced wing of American melodeath.
Eugene, Oregon's Wroughting Woods channel the dense forests and grey skies of the Pacific Northwest into atmospheric black metal that bleeds into dark ambient territory, active since 2019. The band's sound is as much about texture and mood as it is riffs — long, drifting passages that reward full-album immersion.
San Jose, California's Wrvth have one of the more interesting trajectories in extreme metal, beginning as a technical death metal and deathcore act before gradually shifting toward progressive post-metal and metalcore over the course of their career since 2010. The evolution is genuine rather than expedient, with each era of the band producing work that's stylistically distinct but consistently ambitious.
Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2020. Wrymind blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore from Russia's northern capital.
Four-piece progressive metalcore and thrash outfit from Bruges, Belgium drawing from Lamb of God, Meshuggah, and Testament. Their 2024 debut Interromezzo I combines modern metal riffing with thrashy influences, time-signature changes, dissonance, and ferocious vocals across six tracks.
Black/speed metal band from Brașov, Romania emerging in 2024. Wräthhammer merges black metal darkness with speed metal's velocity from the medieval Transylvanian city at the foot of the Carpathians.
Doom and sludge metal band from Yorkshire, England emerging in 2025. Named after the Old English word for a wild man of the woods, Wudwas channels primal heaviness through crushing doom and sludge.
Pagan/black metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden formed in 2019. Wulafir channels Norse pagan themes through atmospheric black metal from the Norrland coast.
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