Black metal band from Warrington, England formed in 2022. Wretched Malediction channels darkness and misanthropy through raw black metal from the Cheshire town.

Stoner and groove metal band from Oldenburg/Ostfriesland, Germany formed in 2019. Write Zero lays down heavy, groove-laden riffs anchored in the stoner metal tradition from the flat coastlands of northwestern Germany.

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.

Black metal project from Harrogate, England active since 2006. Written in Torment has spent nearly two decades crafting black metal from the Yorkshire spa town, channeling anguish through atmospheric extremity.

Melodic death metal/metalcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia formed in 2020. Wrymind blends Scandinavian-style melodic death metal with modern metalcore from Russia's northern capital.

Four-piece progressive metalcore and thrash outfit from Bruges, Belgium drawing from Lamb of God, Meshuggah, and Testament. Their 2024 debut Interromezzo I combines modern metal riffing with thrashy influences, time-signature changes, dissonance, and ferocious vocals across six tracks.

Black/speed metal band from Brașov, Romania emerging in 2024. Wräthhammer merges black metal darkness with speed metal's velocity from the medieval Transylvanian city at the foot of the Carpathians.

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.

Pagan/black metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden formed in 2019. Wulafir channels Norse pagan themes through atmospheric black metal from the Norrland coast.