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Surrender (2024)
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Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 (2024)
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De Doorn (Alternate Mix) (2022)
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Until We Break (feat. Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire) (2022)
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Brutal death metal and grindcore band from Cologne/Leverkusen, Germany active since 2003. World Downfall combines the relentless blast beats of grindcore with brutal death metal's guttural extremity across over two decades of underground activity.
Milford, Connecticut's World Gone Mad play groove metal with the punchy, riff-forward directness the style thrives on, formed in 2014 in a region with a long memory for hard-edged metal. Their sound draws on the muscular, mid-tempo aggression that defined groove metal in its formative years, delivering songs built to move people rather than impress critics. They're a working band in the most honest sense, grinding out the kind of heavy music that lives best on a loud stage.
World in Flames was a short-lived black/death metal project from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, formed in 2021 and active only briefly before splitting up. The band recorded original material including the track "Europa In Flames," available on their Bandcamp page, channeling the raw South American extreme metal underground tradition.
Death metal/crust punk band from Karlshamn, Sweden formed in 2018. World in Ruins merges death metal's heaviness with crust punk's raw urgency from the Blekinge coast.
Wilmington, Delaware's World Lost have been in the groove metal trenches since 2012, building songs out of heavy riffs and the kind of locked-in rhythmic momentum that makes the style so physically effective. They share a hometown with Woodland, making Wilmington a surprisingly fertile ground for heavy underground acts. Their approach is no-nonsense — groove metal executed with the conviction of a band that has spent years tightening the machine.
A brand new act from Delaware as of 2024, World of Chaos arrived with the energy of crossover thrash firmly in hand — the style's signature blend of hardcore aggression and thrash metal velocity with an urgency suggesting they have something to say and no intention of waiting around to say it. Crossover thrash has enjoyed a sustained revival, and World of Chaos sound like they absorbed its full history before picking up their instruments. Young in their existence but grounded in a tradition that rewards commitment.
Virginia's World of Hate have been delivering thrash metal with unambiguous intent since 2016, a band whose name tells you exactly what you're in for before the first riff hits. They work within the classic thrash template — fast, aggressive, built on technical riffwork and relentless forward momentum — without apology for the directness of their approach. In a genre crowded with nostalgia acts, they play thrash like it still means something urgent.
Melodic death metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 2021. World of Sickness blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern intensity from the port city of northern Germany.
Seattle's World Under Water are a newly formed progressive metal act, having emerged in 2024 with what appears to be a particular interest in the textural and structural possibilities the style opens up. Progressive metal in the Pacific Northwest has a distinct pedigree, and a band entering the scene in 2024 does so with that entire legacy available to them. Still early in their story, they represent the ongoing vitality of ambitious, technically minded metal in one of the genre's most historically fertile regions.
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