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Breaking the Will of God (2020)
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Death & Darkness: 2010-2012 (Remastered) (2014)
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Eternity Denied (2017)
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Sacramento's Wurm Flesh traffics in technical brutal death metal, building walls of churning riff work and precision blastbeats into compositions that are as surgically disorienting as they are relentlessly punishing. Formed in 2018, they represent the Californian tradition of brutality pushed through a technical lens.
Columbus, Ohio outfit Wurm Sun fuse the crawling weight of doom metal with the abrasive filth of sludge, conjuring a suffocating heaviness that feels born from the industrial grimness of the Midwest. Active since 2022, their sound prioritizes atmosphere and oppressive volume over speed.
Melodic death/doom metal band from Clermont-Ferrand, France emerging in 2025. Wurmian channels the volcanic landscape of the Auvergne into melancholic, crushing melodic death/doom.
Atmospheric black metal project from Hamburg, Germany emerging in 2025. Wurt channels the maritime atmosphere of the Elbe city into expansive, atmospheric black metal.
Black metal band from Yutz, France active since 2013. Wurzburg delivers raw black metal from the Moselle region near the Luxembourg and German borders.
Black metal project from Ulm, Germany active since 2017. Wurzel, meaning "root" in German, delivers black metal rooted in the traditions of the Swabian underground.
Black metal project from Germany formed in 2020. Wurzelwerk, meaning "root system," crafts black metal that draws from the deep, interconnected foundations of the genre's underground tradition.
Stoner and doom metal band from Manchester, England formed in 2019. Wvlf delivers heavy, groove-laden doom and stoner riffs from one of England's most prolific music cities.
Greenville, South Carolina's WVRM have been grinding and blasting since 2013, blending the savage intensity of grindcore with the filthy brutality of death metal into short, violent salvos of noise. Their output is marked by an ugly, abrasive production sensibility that suits the chaos of their material.
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