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Black metal project from Iceland formed in 2017. Waal draws from Iceland's volcanic landscapes and harsh climate to craft atmospheric black metal.
Wage War emerged from Ocala, Florida with a precise blend of metalcore aggression and modern production polish, breaking through with 'Blueprints' in 2015. Their subsequent albums 'Deadweight' and 'Manic' expanded their sonic palette toward alternative metal and electronic elements without sacrificing the crushing breakdowns that built their fanbase.
Experimental metal solo project from Sonthofen, Germany founded around 1991, originally as Tollhaus. The project's name is a wordplay on the German term for political vigil and "the making of madness," reflecting the conceptual, avant-garde nature of releases like GrößenWahnMaßung.
Brutal death metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2021. Waifucide delivers unrelenting brutality through guttural vocals and punishing riffs from the Spanish capital.
Melodic death metal band from Moscow, Russia emerging in 2024. Wail of Winter delivers Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal from the Russian capital.
Atlanta's Waited emerged in 2013 dragging the dense, tar-thick weight of sludge metal into collision with the aggressive precision of metalcore. Their sound is built on the tension between those two poles — punishing low-end churn undercut by the kind of punchy rhythmic attack the Atlanta heavy scene breeds naturally. It is heavy that sits in the gut rather than the head.
Waithrone is a heavy metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, active since 2005. The band released the EP The King's Return in 2009 and built a following in the local Curitiba metal underground, with tracks such as "Dark Night" aired on Brazilian metal radio programs.
Dallas duo Waiting 4 April pair vocalist Colton Ray's piercing range — from aggressive highs to intimate crooning — with heartfelt, soul-searching lyrics that have earned them a devoted cult following. After their 2020 debut single 'Fade' gained traction partly through Ray's popular TikTok presence, the band has grown into a genuine force in the modern rock scene.
WAKE formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 2009, initially rooted in grindcore and crust punk before evolving toward an increasingly blackened and atmospheric death metal sound across a prolific run of releases on Metal Blade Records. Their 2018 album Misery Rites marked the band's decisive pivot toward blackened death metal, and subsequent albums Devouring Ruin (2020) and Thought Form Descent (2022) confirmed their standing among the most creatively ambitious acts in North American extreme metal. The band has appeared at international festivals including Obscene Extreme.
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