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Chicago's Worwyk have been keeping the torch of classic heavy metal burning since 1989, outlasting trends and genre fads with stubborn dedication to the fundamentals. Their sound draws on the blue-collar grit of the Midwest and the timeless appeal of crunching riffs and soaring vocals.
Thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany formed in 2019. Wotan channels the energy of the German capital into aggressive thrash built on rapid riffing and relentless momentum.
Black metal band from Paris, France formed in 2019. Wotan Folk channels Norse mythology and pagan spirituality through black metal from the French capital.
Death metal band from Mainz, Germany emerging in 2024. Wotolom brings fresh brutality to the Rhine-Main region with a visceral approach to death metal.
Black metal project from Utrecht, Netherlands formed in 2021. Woudloper, meaning "forest runner" in Dutch, channels the spirit of the wild through atmospheric black metal.
New Bedford, Massachusetts's Wound Man fuse sludge metal's crushing weight with powerviolence's white-knuckle aggression, channeling the post-industrial decay of coastal New England into short, suffocating bursts of noise since 2013. The band's cross-genre approach makes each release feel like a trap door opening beneath you.
Technical death metal band from Leipzig, Germany formed in 2016. Wound Spreader delivers intricate, precision-driven death metal built on complex rhythms and technical virtuosity from the Saxon underground.
Black metal band from Dublin, Ireland active since 2012. Wound upon Wound channels over a decade of anguished darkness through black metal from the Irish capital.
Black metal band from Volos, Greece formed in 2020. Woundcult channels dark, ritualistic energy through black metal from the coastal city at the foot of Mount Pelion.
Heavy metal band from Rugby, England active since 2015, evolving from heavy metal and hard rock into heavier doom territory. Wounded Cross has deepened their sound over the years from classic metal into crushing doom.
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland emerging in 2025. Wounded in Forest brings fresh melodic death metal from the subarctic forests of northern Finland.
Progressive death metal band from London, England active since 2017. Wounded Not Dead pushes death metal into progressive territory with ambitious arrangements and technical complexity.
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Atlanta's Wounds of Recollection emerged in 2014 from the intersection of funeral doom and black metal, building monolithic walls of grief before expanding into post-black metal and post-rock territory. The band's evolution traces an arc from suffocating heaviness toward something more expansive and bittersweet, without ever fully letting go of its funeral roots.
Wovenwar formed in Southern California in 2013 as a direct consequence of the arrest of As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis for soliciting the murder of his wife, with four of that band's remaining members — guitarists Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso, bassist Josh Gilbert, and drummer Jordan Mancino — joining Oh, Sleeper vocalist Shane Blay. The group's self-titled debut (2014, Metal Blade) and follow-up Honor Is Dead (2016) pursued melodic heavy metal and alternative metalcore territory, finding a substantial audience before the original members returned to As I Lay Dying in 2018.
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