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Featured Album
Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
Featured Thrash Metal Album
Obnoxious Demos (2014)
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Featured Grindcore Album
Mentally Murdered (2019)
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Heavy metal band from Patras, Greece active since 2014. World Beyond delivers classic heavy metal from the gateway to the Peloponnese on the Gulf of Patras.
Heavy metal band from Rugby, England active since 2015, evolving from heavy metal and hard rock into heavier doom territory. Wounded Cross has deepened their sound over the years from classic metal into crushing doom.
Heavy metal band from Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal active since 2011. Wrek Age delivers classic heavy metal from the volcanic mid-Atlantic archipelago, one of Europe's most remote metal scenes.
Heavy metal band from Braunschweig, Germany emerging in 2024. Writhen Hilt forges traditional heavy metal from the historic city of Lower Saxony, drawing on the genre's classic European lineage.
Hard rock/heavy metal band from Nässjö, Sweden active since 2013. Wulcan delivers volcanic energy through classic hard rock and heavy metal from the Småland highlands.
NWOBHM-style heavy metal band from Telford, England formed in 2018. Wulf carries the flame of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Shropshire town.
Heavy metal band from France formed in 2021. Wych Elm crafts classic heavy metal with a dark, organic aesthetic drawn from the ancient forests of rural France.
Heavy and stoner metal band from London, England active since 2015. Wychhound blends classic heavy metal power with stoner rock's psychedelic groove from the British capital.
NWOBHM-influenced heavy metal band from Portsmouth, England formed in 2019. Wyldefyre revives the spirit of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal from the Hampshire naval port.
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