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Brooklyn's Wretched Tsar have been dragging sludge and stoner metal through New York's underground since 2016, combining the slow, crushing weight of sludge with the hazy, amplifier-worship side of stoner metal. The result is heavy in both mass and atmosphere, made for dark rooms and loud speakers.
Omaha, Nebraska's Wretchgod emerged in 2022 fusing black and death metal into a hybrid that carries the bleak hostility of both genres without settling cleanly into either. Their presence in Nebraska's comparatively sparse extreme metal scene makes them a notable outlier, channeling the isolation of the Great Plains into punishing noise.
Stoner and groove metal band from Oldenburg/Ostfriesland, Germany formed in 2019. Write Zero lays down heavy, groove-laden riffs anchored in the stoner metal tradition from the flat coastlands of northwestern Germany.
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Milwaukee's Writhen have been operating in the groove and death metal crossover since 2014, pairing the rhythmic churn of groove metal with the aggression of death metal in a way that keeps the music visceral without losing momentum. They're a staple of the Wisconsin metal underground.
Heavy metal band from Braunschweig, Germany emerging in 2024. Writhen Hilt forges traditional heavy metal from the historic city of Lower Saxony, drawing on the genre's classic European lineage.
A death metal band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 2020, Writhing Shadows traffic in the genre's more atmospheric strains — dense, mid-paced, and built on riffs that linger rather than bludgeon. Their Southern roots add a certain heaviness to the music that feels earned rather than affected.
Progressive metal from Holyoke, Massachusetts, active since 2013, Writing in the Skies pursue the technically ambitious, emotionally expressive side of the genre rather than its more self-indulgent tendencies. They've cultivated a dedicated following in New England's prog-metal underground with material that rewards patient listening.
Pompano Beach, Florida's Written in Blood have been fusing power metal's melodic ambitions with the speed and aggression of thrash since 2018, landing on a sound that's as likely to soar as it is to tear through a riff. South Florida's metal scene has produced stranger combinations, but few that work as cleanly.
A metalcore band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, formed in 2018, Written in Gray work within the genre's dual-mode language of aggression and melody without veering into the pop-adjacent territory that defines many of their peers. They represent the more earnest, guitar-driven wing of the contemporary metalcore scene.
Black metal project from Harrogate, England active since 2006. Written in Torment has spent nearly two decades crafting black metal from the Yorkshire spa town, channeling anguish through atmospheric extremity.
Wrong formed in Miami, Florida in 2014, drawing together veterans of Torche, Kylesa, and Capsule to produce a noise rock sound rooted in bludgeoning groove, dissonant melody, and cathartic vocal delivery. Their self-titled debut (2016, Relapse Records) established the band's blunt, riff-forward approach across eleven tracks, and Feel Great (2018) sharpened the formula with increased speed and melodic density. The band occupies the heavier end of noise rock, sharing sonic territory with the Amphetamine Reptile tradition while incorporating the Southern sludge sensibilities of its members' prior projects.
Denton, Texas's Wrought of Obsidian have been one of the more distinctive voices in the state's black metal underground since 2010, working a melodic black/death vein with sharp, often haunting guitar work that draws on Scandinavian melodic traditions without simply replicating them. Denton's art-heavy cultural scene has clearly left its mark on their approach.
An Indianapolis melodic death metal band formed in 2023, Wrought with Plague arrived with the dual-guitar melody and aggressive attack that defines the genre's most enduring works. Still establishing themselves in Indiana's underground, they've planted themselves firmly in the European-influenced wing of American melodeath.
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