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Greenville, South Carolina's WVRM have been grinding and blasting since 2013, blending the savage intensity of grindcore with the filthy brutality of death metal into short, violent salvos of noise. Their output is marked by an ugly, abrasive production sensibility that suits the chaos of their material.
WxCxM is a thrash/crossover band from Goiânia, Goiás that has been grinding out street-level chaos since the mid-2000s, releasing records including "Esgotocore" (2005), the split "Blasfêmia e Terror" (2005), "O Caos Continuará" (2009), and "Zona Norte" (2015). Drawing on crust, hardcore punk, and thrash, the band blends aggression with the spontaneity of the Goiânia underground scene.
Drone and doom metal duo from Liège, Belgium who describe their mission as writing "music for gods." Active since 2015 with releases like Exile to Beyn Neharot and āl bēlūti dārû, their conceptual works draw on ancient Mesopotamian and religious imagery, and they performed live at Roadburn Festival in 2023.
Heavy metal band from France formed in 2021. Wych Elm crafts classic heavy metal with a dark, organic aesthetic drawn from the ancient forests of rural France.
Heavy and stoner metal band from London, England active since 2015. Wychhound blends classic heavy metal power with stoner rock's psychedelic groove from the British capital.
Cleveland's Wyld Timez weaponize the rawness of first-wave black metal and fuse it to the locomotive momentum of speed metal and classic heavy metal, resulting in a high-energy blast of blackened aggression formed in 2021. Their approach pulls from the leather-and-spikes underground with a restless, reckless energy.
NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from Portsmouth, England formed in 2019. Wyldefyre revives the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Hampshire naval port.
Wyoming Young and Strong are a Seattle sludge metal act formed in 2019, channeling the Pacific Northwest's tradition of heavy, feedback-laden music into dragging, punishing dirges. Their name belies the bleakness of their sound, which leans into the oppressive end of the sludge spectrum.
North Carolina's Wyqm have been operating in the underground black metal sphere since 2011, pursuing a raw and austere approach to the genre that prizes atmosphere and conviction over polish. Their long tenure in the US black metal underground speaks to a dedicated, uncompromising artistic vision.
Black metal band from Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic active since 2010. Wyrm channels the darkness of northern Bohemia through raw black metal steeped in the genre's underground traditions.
Dallas black metal act Wyrm Chasm have carved out their space in the Texas underground since 2015, channeling cold riffs and grim atmosphere into a sound that fits within the raw, orthodox end of American black metal. Their work reflects the isolation and severity that defines the subgenre at its most serious.
New Hampshire's Wyrmblood emerged in 2025 with a blackened death metal approach that marries the dissonant fury of black metal to the blunt force of death metal. As a fresh entity in the northeastern underground, they arrive with the menace and darkness their name implies.
Tucson, Arizona's Wyrmhaven blend melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the breakdown-heavy architecture of deathcore, shaping a sound that carries equal measures of melody and brutality. Formed in 2020, they represent the evolving heavy music scene coming out of the Arizona desert.
Portland, Maine's Wyrmoon are a black metal act formed in 2023, cultivating a grim and atmospheric sound befitting the cold, coastal isolation of the northeastern United States. Their recent founding places them among a new wave of American black metal acts committed to the genre's most foreboding qualities.
Black metal and ambient project from Orléans/Ascoux, France active since 2009. Wyrms blends raw black metal with ambient soundscapes, creating atmospheric compositions from the Loire Valley.
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