Sludge and doom metal band from Padua, Italy formed in 2019. Named after the famous bear soldier of World War II, Wojtek delivers crushing sludge and doom from the ancient university city of the Veneto.

Sludge and death metal band from Portsmouth, England formed in 2020. Wolf Plays Dead fuses the crushing weight of sludge with death metal's brutality from the south coast naval city.

Sludge metal band from Stavanger, Norway formed in 2021. Wolfjaw delivers crushing sludge from Norway's oil capital on the southwestern coast.

Sludge, doom metal, and experimental band from Hesse, Germany formed in 2022. Wolfsschrotter pushes beyond conventional sludge and doom boundaries with experimental textures and unconventional song structures.

Five-piece sludge metal and hardcore band from Siegen, Germany formed in 2011, describing their sound as "a bastard of 90s sludge metal and ruthless hardcore fused into sonic waves of blackness." Their 2016 album Black Earth Tongue was recorded at Parabol Audio and praised for its progressively structured, hard-hitting metallic sludge.

Stoner and sludge metal band from Menton, France formed in 2019. Wormsand channels the heavy grooves of stoner and sludge metal from the French-Italian border on the Côte d'Azur.

Doom and sludge metal band from Huddersfield, England active since 2012. Wort channels the post-industrial gloom of West Yorkshire into crushing doom and sludge.

Atmospheric sludge metal band from London, England active since 2009. Wren crafts expansive, atmospheric soundscapes anchored in sludge metal's crushing heaviness.

Doom and sludge metal band from Yorkshire, England emerging in 2025. Named after the Old English word for a wild man of the woods, Wudwas channels primal heaviness through crushing doom and sludge.