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Folk and black metal band from Keuruu, Finland featuring Werihukka on guitar and Hukkapätkä on vocals and drums, signed to Inverse Records. Their extensive catalog from 2010 through 2024's Bloodmoon Symphonies blends acoustic and traditional instruments with black and death metal, exploring themes of mythology, shamanism, and iron age history.
Wolfhunter comes from Minot, North Dakota — one of the more isolated cities in the continental United States — and has been crafting raw black metal since 2011 with the grim self-sufficiency that kind of geography demands. The vast, flat darkness of the Northern Plains gives their music a particular desolation that feels authentic rather than affectated. Operating far from any metropolitan metal scene, Wolfhunter embodies the lone-wolf spirit of underground black metal at its most geographically extreme.
Pagan black metal project from Madrid, Spain formed in 2019. Named after the 4th-century Gothic bishop, Wolfilas channels pre-Christian spirituality through atmospheric pagan black metal.
Sludge metal band from Stavanger, Norway formed in 2021. Wolfjaw delivers crushing sludge from Norway's oil capital on the southwestern coast.
Pagan black/death metal band from Moscow, Russia active since 2018. Wolfkrieg channels Slavic pagan themes through a ferocious black and death metal hybrid.
Wolflust is a war death/black metal project from Brazil conceived by Carlos Cernunnos (guitar, bass, vocals) and Mauro Trojillo (drums), drawing heavily on the chaotic bestial metal tradition of Sarcófago, Blasphemy, and Conqueror. The band released the "Satanic Megatons" EP in 2020, followed by the "Endless War" EP in 2022, which featured original tracks alongside covers of Sodom and Sarcófago. Their assault-driven sound and ties to the Brazilian extreme underground have earned them multiple physical editions of their releases across international markets.
Massive Drone / Doom / Folk Metal from Texas (early); Kraków, Poland (later).
Black metal band from Vinnytsia, Ukraine formed in 2020. Wolfmoon channels the spirit of Eastern European black metal from the central Ukrainian city on the Southern Bug River.
Black metal band from Serbia formed in 2022. Wolforder channels raw black metal from the Serbian underground.
Death metal band from Brunssum, Netherlands active since 2016. Wolfp.a.c.k. delivers brutal death metal from the Limburg mining region near the German and Belgian borders.
Formed in Leoben, Styria, Austria in 2005, Wolfpack Unleashed play a technically oriented brand of thrash metal that draws heavily from the Bay Area tradition — particularly the precision and harmonic sophistication of Megadeth-era Rust in Peace and Metallica's Master of Puppets. Their debut album Anthems of Resistance (2007, Napalm Records) showcased an abundance of melodic lead work, harmonic runs, and shred-oriented soloing within a framework of aggressive modern thrash. The band has remained active as an independent act since departing from Napalm Records.
Heavy metal project from Berlin, Germany formed in 2016. Wolfpakk delivers classic heavy metal from the German capital with an emphasis on anthemic riffs and powerful vocal delivery.
Wolfpussy formed in Portland, Oregon in 2012, channeling the city's love of heavy, slow, and sun-baked into a stoner metal sound built on thick riffs and unhurried groove. Portland has long nurtured heavy music that values texture and feel over technical complexity, and Wolfpussy fits squarely in that tradition — the kind of band that wants the room to move together rather than stand in awe. Their name alone signals a band with a sense of humor about the gravity its genre sometimes takes too seriously.
Power and heavy metal band from Helmstedt, Germany formed in 2022. Wolfs Moon forges traditional power and heavy metal in the German style, built on soaring melodies and driving rhythms.
Heavy metal band from Tamworth, England active since 2011. Wolfsbane delivers classic British heavy metal from the Staffordshire town with an emphasis on riff-driven power.
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