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Black metal project from Barcelona, Spain active since 2016. Wolfstonecraft delivers raw black metal from the Catalonian capital with an artistic edge suggested by their literary-tinged name.
Black, thrash, and speed metal band from Libourne, France formed in 2020. Wolfstorm unleashes a ferocious triple-genre assault of black metal darkness, thrash aggression, and speed metal velocity from the Bordeaux wine region.
Wolftooth formed in Richmond, Indiana in 2017, comprising musicians with two decades of genre experience each, pursuing a sound that fuses 1970s NWOBHM energy, stoner doom riffage, and blues-drenched soloing. Their self-titled debut (2018) placed seventh on the Doom Charts' year-end list, and Valhalla (2020) debuted at number one on the same chart, leading to a deal with Napalm Records. Blood and Iron (2021) and Wizard's Light (2025, Ripple Music) have sustained their reputation as one of the foremost traditional doom-inflected heavy metal acts in the US.
Melodic death metal band from Vaasa, Finland formed in 2019. Wolftopia channels the melodic tradition of Finnish death metal from the bilingual coastal city on the Gulf of Bothnia.
Post-black metal project from Anglesey, Wales formed in 2022. Wolkn channels the wild, windswept atmosphere of the Welsh island into expansive post-black metal.
Wolven Plague emerged in 2018 as a black metal entity committed to raw, uncompromising extremity. Their music leans into the cold, predatory atmosphere the genre has always done best, with a suffocating intensity that feels deliberately stripped of any softening influence. Even without a fixed location pinned to their name, their sound carries the weight of genuine dedication to the form.
Black metal project from Gdańsk, Poland emerging in 2025. Wolven Vault channels the dark spirit of the Baltic coast through raw black metal.
Black metal project from the Netherlands formed in 2018. Wolvenbloed, meaning "wolf's blood" in Dutch, channels raw primal energy through atmospheric black metal.
Ruthless Melodic Death Metal from Austin.
Rising from New Orleans in 2023, Wolventhrone is a young black metal force grafting the genre's northern European roots onto Southern soil. The juxtaposition is potent — the humid, gothic decay of the Crescent City lurking beneath walls of tremolo and blastbeats. Still early in their existence, they've already drawn attention for channeling authentic darkness rather than imitation.
Towering Heavy / Doom / Groove Metal from Dallas.
Formed in Söderhamn, Sweden in 1995 by brothers Stefan and Mikael Zell, Wolverine began as a melodic death metal act and evolved into a progressive metal band of considerable emotional depth by the time of their 1999 EP Fervent Dream. Albums including Cold Light of Monday (2003), Still (2006), Communication Lost (2011), and Machina Viva (2016) traced a sustained drift toward atmospheric progressive rock and post-metal territory, with socially conscious and introspective lyrics at the center. Their 2025 return album Anomalies marked their first studio recording in nearly a decade.
Stoner metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine active since 2013. Named after the iconic Entombed album, Wolverine Blues delivers heavy stoner metal riffs from the Ukrainian capital.
Black metal band from Zelhem, Netherlands active since 2004. Wolversveen has spent two decades forging black metal from the rural Achterhoek region of Gelderland.
Five-piece sludge metal and hardcore band from Siegen, Germany formed in 2011, describing their sound as "a bastard of 90s sludge metal and ruthless hardcore fused into sonic waves of blackness." Their 2016 album Black Earth Tongue was recorded at Parabol Audio and praised for its progressively structured, hard-hitting metallic sludge.
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