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Infinite Terror (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Portuguese act Vurmo channels the raw energy of classic heavy metal and speed metal with an old-school approach that nods to the NWOBHM and early Motorhead. Their stripped-down, high-velocity sound favors riff-driven directness over technical complexity.
Heavy metal and hard rock band from Moscow, Russia active since 2013. Waking Dream blends heavy metal power with hard rock accessibility from Moscow.
Heavy metal band from Potenza, Italy formed in 2018. Named after the Valkyries of Norse mythology, Walkyrya delivers epic heavy metal from the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
Heavy metal band from Aigle, Switzerland active since 2013. Walrus brings classic heavy metal power to the Swiss scene with muscular riffing and traditional song structures.
Heavy metal band from Olofström, Sweden active since 2015. Wanton delivers classic heavy metal from the Blekinge province of southern Sweden.
Heavy and speed metal band from Elche, Spain formed in 2018. War Dogs brings the high-octane energy of speed metal fused with heavy metal power from the Valencia region.
Heavy metal band from Thüle, Germany formed in 2013. Warburg forges classic heavy metal in the tradition of the genre's German pioneers, built on powerful riffs and anthemic structures.
Thrash, heavy, and melodic death metal band from Zaragoza, Spain formed in 2021. Warg weaves multiple metal traditions into an aggressive hybrid that draws from thrash velocity and melodic death metal's harmonic depth.
Heavy and thrash metal band from Umag, Croatia active since 2016. Wargrave delivers powerful riffing from the Istrian peninsula on the Adriatic coast.
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