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Safe House (2017)
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A Grey Sigh In A Flower Husk (2007)
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Phoenix's desert heat is baked into Wicked Reign's stoner metal, the band forming in 2024 in a city that seems purpose-built for the sun-baked, fuzz-heavy riffing that defines the genre. Equal parts psychedelic haze and crushing low-end, they carry forward the tradition of arid-climate doom that Arizona has quietly produced for decades.
Chico, California's Wicked Sensation have been grinding away at the intersection of heavy metal and hard rock since 2001 — one of the region's most enduring acts in a genre where longevity itself is a statement. Their approach draws on the melodic, radio-friendly edge of classic hard rock while keeping the guitar work grounded in genuine metal muscle.
Nashville isn't often associated with death-doom, but Wicked Sorcerer — formed there in 2023 — arrive dragging heavy metal, death metal, and doom together into something genuinely sinister. The city's outsider quality suits this kind of music well, and the band's willingness to pull from multiple extreme subgenres gives their sound a lurching, unpredictable weight.
Thrash metal band from Belgrade, Serbia active since 2012. Wicked Ways delivers aggressive thrash from the Serbian capital on the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
Boston's Wicked Weird formed in 2023 fusing black metal's icy hostility with the harder-hitting structures of traditional heavy metal — a blackened heavy metal approach that fits naturally in New England, where the cold and the defiant have always gone hand in hand. Their name might suggest irreverence but the sound is dead serious, built on atmosphere and riff alike.
Thrash metal and hardcore hybrid from Gummersbach, Germany formed in 2020. Wickedness blends thrash velocity with hardcore intensity, delivering a punishing crossover assault from the Bergisches Land region.
Deathcore band from Chomutov, Czech Republic active since 2005, making them one of the longer-running acts in the Czech deathcore scene. Wictims delivers punishing breakdowns and guttural vocals rooted in the genre's most aggressive traditions.
Since 2012, Roseland, New Jersey's Wide Awake Nightmare have occupied the violent overlap of death metal, thrash, and grindcore — a style defined by relentless tempo, grinding textures, and the kind of aggression that refuses to pick just one extreme genre and stay there. Over a decade into their run, they've developed into one of the more seasoned acts in the Garden State's brutal underground.
Industrial/black metal band from Gdańsk, Poland active since 2011. Widetk fuses the mechanical coldness of industrial music with black metal's extremity from the Baltic port city.
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