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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Epic heavy and doom metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece formed in 2022. Wishdoom blends the grandeur of epic metal with doom's crushing weight from Greece's northern capital.
Melodic heavy metal and hard rock band from Fürth, Germany formed in 2016. Wishing Well channels the accessible melodicism of classic hard rock through a heavy metal lens from the Franconian heartland.
Heavy metal band from Bergerac, France formed in 2019. Wishy Washy delivers riff-driven heavy metal from the Dordogne wine region of southwestern France.
Heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark emerging in 2026. Witch Cross brings freshly forged traditional heavy metal to the Danish capital's vibrant underground scene.
Heavy metal band from Pori, Finland formed in 2018. Witch Hunt forges traditional heavy metal from the western Finnish coast with an occult edge and powerful riffing.
Heavy and stoner metal band from Nottingham, England active since 2012. Witch Tripper blends the power of classic heavy metal with stoner rock's psychedelic grooves from the East Midlands.
Heavy/doom metal band from Katrineholm, Sweden active since 2017. Witchers Creed blends the power of heavy metal with doom's crushing weight from the Sörmland region.
Heavy metal band from Geislingen an der Steige, Germany formed in 2017. Witchfinder summons the spirit of classic heavy metal with occult-tinged imagery from the Swabian Alb.
Multi-genre project from Jaén, Spain active since 2017, evolving from heavy metal through technical death/thrash metal to post-rock. Witchshire's stylistic journey reflects an ambitious creative vision that refuses to be confined to a single genre.
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