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Warforged is a one-man black metal project from Arapongas, Paraná, Brazil, led by sole member Daeroth Inglorion, who handles all instruments and vocals. The project released the full-length album The Black Age of Light's Fall and has continued operating as an independent underground act rooted in occult black metal aesthetics.
Thrash metal band from Leipzig, Germany describing themselves simply as "Thrash Metal from Leipzig." Their 2016 debut Global Extinction packs ten tracks of thrash fury exploring themes of desolation, societal collapse, and forced violence.
Death/thrash metal band from Moscow, Russia formed in 2018. WarFuneralMarch channels the militaristic fury of their name into aggressive death/thrash from the Russian capital.
Thrash, heavy, and melodic death metal band from Zaragoza, Spain formed in 2021. Warg weaves multiple metal traditions into an aggressive hybrid that draws from thrash velocity and melodic death metal's harmonic depth.
Melodic death metal band from Bucharest, Romania active since 2008. Warganism channels Scandinavian-style melodic death metal from the Romanian capital.
Epic death/black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2022. Wargasm channels the grandeur of epic extreme metal through a death and black metal fusion from the French capital.
Black/death metal band from Weimar, Germany formed in 2022. Wargeist merges the tremolo-driven intensity of black metal with death metal's guttural heaviness from the cultural heart of Thuringia.
Death/doom and black metal project from Germany formed in 2019. Wargiþa channels archaic darkness through a hybrid of crushing doom passages and black metal ferocity, with releases including Fleshgate and Stille.
Black metal project from Reinhardshagen, Germany with roots stretching back to 1992, making it one of the earliest German black metal acts still active. Wargod draws from over three decades of devotion to raw, uncompromising black metal.
Wargore is an old-school death/thrash metal band from Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2017 and playing in the tradition of early extreme metal. The band has released two albums — Between Evil and Death (2017) and Cursed Existence (2020) — both independently produced and distributed through their Bandcamp page.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Umag, Croatia active since 2016. Wargrave delivers powerful riffing from the Istrian peninsula on the Adriatic coast.
Wargrave is a heavy/thrash metal band from Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2016 with lyrical themes centred on war and armageddon. The band has self-released several recordings including Suffering the Void (2015), Zone 51 (2016), and Flames of War (2017), operating as an independent act on their Bandcamp page.
Black/death metal band from Athens, Greece active since 2012. Wargrinder merges black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's crushing heaviness from the Athenian underground.
Brutal death metal band from Caen/Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France active since 2017. Wargus delivers unrelenting brutality from Normandy with guttural vocals and crushing riffs.
Black metal project from Girona, Spain active since 2015. Warguss forges dark, atmospheric black metal from the Catalonian borderlands near the Pyrenees.
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