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Black/thrash metal band from Cittadella, Italy formed in 2018. Witchbrew merges the occult darkness of black metal with thrash's velocity from the walled town near Padua.
Based in Talkeetna, Alaska — one of the more remote homes for any metal band in the country — Witchcrown have been grinding out thrash-infused black metal since 2011. The isolation of the Alaskan interior is palpable in their sound: cold, stripped-down, and driven by a DIY ethos that makes most continental scenes look pampered. They are a testament to the fact that geography is no obstacle to ferocity.
San Antonio doom metal with soaring vocals. Classic doom with a Texas edge.
Doom/stoner metal band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2022. Witchcrypt crafts slow, heavy doom and stoner metal with an occult atmosphere from the Swedish capital.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark formed in 2019. Witchcult channels occult darkness through black metal from Denmark's capital with a ritualistic, atmospheric approach.
Minneapolis, Minnesota's Witchden have been conjuring blackened sludge since 2012, blending the raw hostility of black metal with the dragging weight of sludge into something particularly oppressive. The Twin Cities' long tradition of heavy, avant-leaning underground music provides fertile ground for their brand of caustic, atmosphere-forward extremity. They sit comfortably in the lineage of acts like Thou and Dragged Into Sunlight.
Indianapolis, Indiana's Witchdoctor have been practicing their craft since 2015, offering slow-moving doom metal rooted in the traditional side of the genre — heavy riffs, mournful atmosphere, minimal frills. Indianapolis has a quietly strong doom underground, and Witchdoctor represent its more workmanlike and uncompromising strand. Their Bandcamp presence under the "witchdoctor3" handle suggests a band that keeps its focus squarely on the music.
Heavy/doom metal band from Katrineholm, Sweden active since 2017. Witchers Creed blends the power of heavy metal with doom's crushing weight from the Sörmland region.
An Arizona black metal act operating under the Witchery name since 2011, this project channels pure second-wave aggression and nocturnal darkness with no interest in commercial softening. The Bandcamp URL ties them to the "black witchery" tag, suggesting an uncompromising devotion to raw, adversarial black metal aesthetics. They are a deliberately underground entry in the American black metal underground.
Cleveland's Witchery are a death metal outfit active since 2011, drawing on the city's long and storied tradition of heavy underground music. Cleveland has produced some of the American Midwest's most unforgiving metal, and this band slots into that lineage with no-frills death metal built for aggression over atmosphere. The shared Bandcamp handle with their Arizona namesake makes them easy to confuse, but the death metal pedigree here is distinctly its own.
Blackened thrash/speed metal band from Linköping, Sweden active since 2011. Witchery delivers high-velocity blackened thrash with razor-sharp riffing from the Östergötland city.
Speed, thrash, and death metal band from Antibes, France active since 2012. Witches unleashes a triple assault of extreme speed, thrash precision, and death metal heaviness from the French Riviera.
Powerviolence turned black metal band from Nijmegen, Netherlands with roots going back to 2002. Witches Brew has evolved from powerviolence origins into black metal over two decades in the Dutch underground.
Uncompromising traditional metal anchored by thrash, speed, and doom influences. Guest appearances from members of Manowar and Virgin Steele on their releases.
Gothic, stoner, and doom metal band from Rome, Italy formed in 2020. Witches of Doom channels the Eternal City's dark history through a potent blend of gothic atmospherics, stoner grooves, and doom weight.
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