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.

Black metal band from Munich, Germany active since 2015. Wolves Den channels cold aggression and atmospheric darkness through black metal from Bavaria's capital city.

Thrash metal band from Nancy/Metz, France formed in 2021. Named after the irradiated exclusion zone, Wolves of Tchernobyl channels apocalyptic energy into aggressive thrash from the Lorraine region.

Death metal band from Sala, Sweden active since the early 1990s and reformed in 2020. Wombbath is a veteran Swedish death metal act from the original Stockholm scene, delivering crushing old-school death metal.

Death metal band from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia active since 2014. Wombripper delivers visceral, old-school death metal from the Volga-Oka confluence city.

Stoner metal band from Wolverhampton, England active since 2008. Women has spent over fifteen years delivering heavy, groove-laden stoner metal from the Black Country.

Depressive black metal project from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2022. Wonderfulight explores the paradox of its name through bleak, introspective depressive black metal from the Mediterranean coast.

Stoner and doom metal band from Rennes, France active since 2015. Wood delivers heavy, riff-laden stoner doom from the Breton capital with a primal, organic approach.

Melodic black metal band from Ylöjärvi, Finland formed in 2023. Wooden Shadow weaves melodic passages into a black metal framework, drawing from the forested landscapes of the Tampere region.