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Latest published edition
Mexico
World Metal Weekly heads to Mexico for a bilingual journey through its heavy metal scene, from foundational legends to Ladrones, Hacavitz, Habak, Split Heaven, Primordial Rites and Matalobos, with more underground discoveries waiting deeper down.
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Explore metal around the world
Choose your destination and descend into a different corner of the global metal underground. Explore the bands, sound and culture that shaped each scene.
Australia
From death/doom pioneers to Portal’s suffocating chaos and modern metalcore, explore an underground with little interest in playing it safe.
Brazil
Dive into Brazil’s underground, from blackened extremity in Rio to street-level crossover in São Paulo, with riffs as restless as the cities behind them.
Canada
Travel from Vancouver to Quebec and Ontario to meet underground bands building the next chapter of Canadian heavy music.
Chile
Explore the bands, deep cuts and underground forces behind one of South America’s most uncompromising metal scenes.
Finland
Symphonic black metal, cavernous death-doom and progressive mischief meet in an edition where melody, melancholy and experimentation share the bill.
France
From avant-garde chaos and black metal to groove-driven heaviness and cinematic post-metal, discover distinct visions of French heavy music.
Germany
Underground death metal, post-black intensity and influential veterans reveal the breadth of a scene built through decades of heavy music.
Greece
Enter the Hellenic underground through blackened rituals, epic heavy metal and desert grooves, with Rotting Christ, Astarte, Varathron and more.
India
From Demonic Resurrection and Gutslit to Fallen Letters and Against Evil, explore the contrasting sounds moving India’s metal underground forward.
Indonesia
Discover the bands and local communities powering Indonesia’s vast metal underground, a scene built city by city on its own terms.
Italy
Doom, folk metal and progressive experimentation cross paths through Messa, Shores of Null, Furor Gallico, Benthos and more.
Japan
Virtuosic power metal, underground brutality and atmospheric experimentation reveal the contrasts running through Japan’s heavy music scene.
Mexico
Explore Mexico’s heavy metal scene, from foundational legends to underground discoveries, with six band spotlights presented in English and Spanish.
Netherlands
Death/doom pioneers, technical death metal, symphonic darkness and pagan folk epics offer a route through the Dutch underground.
Norway
Look beyond the familiar landmarks as bands carry Norway’s metal legacy forward through black metal, thrash and death metal.
Poland
Dig beneath the internationally familiar names to discover Polish bands carrying an uncompromising underground tradition forward.
Scotland
From Saor’s sweeping atmosphere to Hellripper’s speed and DVNE’s progressive weight, explore approaches to Scottish heaviness.
Spain
Follow Spanish metal from thrash exports into the outer reaches of death and black metal, with bands spanning its past and present.
Sweden
Opeth’s progressive labyrinths, early Amon Amarth and Mörk Gryning’s demo days open a path through Sweden’s innovators and cult history.
Switzerland
From Samael and Schammasch to Sybreed and Zeal & Ardor, explore the ritualistic, industrial and experimental sides of Swiss metal.
Ukraine
Stoned Jesus, White Ward, Ignea and more reveal a scene stretching from heavy psychedelic riffs to atmospheric and genre-crossing metal.
Wales
Explore the underground of Cardiff, Bridgend and Newport through bands carving their own paths through Welsh heavy music.
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Countries A–Z
A quick route to every published country edition.
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Artist directory A–Z
Find a familiar name or follow one you’ve never heard. Each artist links to their country edition.
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World Metal Weekly listening guide
Gateway Tracks • Deep Cuts • One Scene at a Time
Pick a country. Start at the gateway. Go underground.
India
Gateway Tracks
- Demonic Resurrection – “Krishna – The Cowherd”
- Gutslit – “The Killing Joke”
- Fallen Letters – “A Familiar Absence”
- Godless – “Empty the Graves”
- Zygnema – “Grind”
- Against Evil – “Out for Blood”
Deep Cuts
- Demonic Resurrection – “Lord of Pestilence”
- Gutslit – “Haemorrhoidal Brain Custard”
- Fallen Letters – “Beneath the Opaque Veil”
- Godless – “Fluxion”
- Zygnema – “Machine State Integrity”
- Against Evil – “Sentenced to Death”
Australia
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Gateway Tracks
- diSEMBOWELMENT – “The Tree of Life and Death”
- Twelve Foot Ninja – “Coming For You”
- To The Grave – “Red Dot Sight”
- Portal – “ESP Ion Age”
- Make Them Suffer – “Doomswitch”
- Reliqa – “Mr. Magic”
- Justice For The Damned – “Built To Be Broken”
Deep Cuts
- diSEMBOWELMENT – “Extracted Nails”
- Twelve Foot Ninja – “Beneath The Smiles”
- To The Grave – “Seven Billion Reasons Why”
- Portal – “The End Mills”
- Make Them Suffer – “Let Me In”
- Reliqa – “Earthbound”
- Justice For The Damned – “Deep Rotting Fear”
Brazil
Gateway Tracks
- Krisiun – “Ravager”
- Mystifier – “Give the Human Devil His Due”
- Grave Desecrator – “Sign of Doom”
- Nervosa – “Kill the Silence”
- Jupiterian – “Matriarch”
- Angra – “Carry On”
- Surra – “Sangue nos Olhos”
Deep Cuts
- Krisiun – “Dogma of Submission”
- Mystifier – “The Death of an Immortal”
- Grave Desecrator – “Temple of Abominations”
- Nervosa – “Hostages”
- Jupiterian – “Capricorn”
- Angra – “Rebirth”
- Surra – “Escorrendo Pelo Ralo”
Canada
Gateway Tracks
- Gravemass – “Slave to Pain”
- Famous Strangers – “Deepstar”
- Disorientation – “Dissociation”
- Nova Spei – “Renaissance”
- Triskelyon – “Odyssey (Blessed by Steel)”
- Candor Zealot – “Lie For Country”
- Sons of Butcher – “Fuck the Shit”
Deep Cuts
- Gravemass – “Spitting Hell”
- Famous Strangers – “L.S.C.”
- Disorientation – “The Pact”
- Nova Spei – “Délivrance (feat. Kevin Bordeleau)”
- Triskelyon – “Celtic Creatures”
- Candor Zealot – “Lie For Country” (The original edition uses the debut single as both its entry point and hidden gem.)
- Sons of Butcher – “Burnin Skoolhaus”
Chile
Gateway Tracks
- Mar de Grises – “Shining Human Skin”
- Procession – “Chants of the Nameless”
- Dorso – “Expelido del Vientre”
- Undercroft – “At the Gardens of Hatred”
- Massakre – “Pissing into the Mass Grave”
- Pentagram Chile – “Spell of The Pentagram”
- Mawiza – “Wingkawnoam”
Deep Cuts
- Mar de Grises – “Deep-Seeded Hope Avant-Garde”
- Procession – “Far from Light”
- Dorso – “Horas sobre el Tentáculo”
- Undercroft – “To the Final Battle”
- Massakre – “Violent Aggression”
- Pentagram Chile – “Temple of Perdition”
- Mawiza – “Kütxal”
Finland
Gateway Tracks
- …And Oceans – “Cloud Heads”
- Horizon Ignited – “Beyond Your Reach”
- Aeonian Sorrow – “Whispers In The Dark”
- Hooded Menace – “Blood Ornaments”
- Henget – “I Am Them”
- Sisyphean – “Scorched Timeless”
- Somehow Jo! – “Fata Morgana”
Deep Cuts
- …And Oceans – “As in Gardens, So in Tombs”
- Horizon Ignited – “Death Has Left Her Side”
- Aeonian Sorrow – “Hopeless Suicide”
- Hooded Menace – “Cathedral of Labyrinthine Darkness”
- Henget – “The Chalice of Life and Death”
- Sisyphean – “Hearts of Mercy”
- Somehow Jo! – “Cycle”
France
Gateway Tracks
- Igorrr – “Very Noise”
- Mass Hysteria – “L’enfer des dieux”
- Benighted – “Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth”
- Novelists – “C’est La Vie”
- Deathspell Omega – “Apokatastasis Pantôn”
- Regarde Les Hommes Tomber – “A New Order”
- Celeste – “Des Torrents de Coups”
Deep Cuts
- Igorrr – “Pavor Nocturnus”
- Mass Hysteria – “Le Grand Réveil”
- Benighted – “Mother Earth, Mother Whore”
- Novelists – “Heal the Wound”
- Deathspell Omega – “Mass Grave Aesthetics”
- Regarde Les Hommes Tomber – “Ov Flames, Flesh and Sins”
- Celeste – “De sorte que plus jamais un instant ne soit magique”
Germany
Gateway Tracks
- Alkaloid – “Cthulhu”
- Desaster – “Angelwhore”
- Sulphur Aeon – “Cult of Starry Wisdom”
- Chaver – “Everlasting Grief”
- Fjørt – “Lichterloh”
- Der Weg einer Freiheit – “Aufbruch”
- Endseeker – “Unholy Rites”
Deep Cuts
- Alkaloid – “Alpha Aur”
- Desaster – “Possessed and Defiled”
- Sulphur Aeon – “Yuggothian Spell”
- Chaver – “A Cellar Door”
- Fjørt – “Messer”
- Der Weg einer Freiheit – “Neubeginn”
- Endseeker – “Possessed by the Flame”
Greece
Gateway Tracks
- Nightfall – “Darkness Forever”
- Rotting Christ – “Non Serviam”
- Black Sword Thunder Attack – “Last Flight of The Eagle”
- Kawir – “To Cavirs”
- 1000mods – “Vidage”
- Varathron – “His Majesty at the Swamp”
- Astarte – “Black Mighty Gods”
Deep Cuts
- Nightfall – “The Passage”
- Rotting Christ – “Feast of the Grand Whore”
- Black Sword Thunder Attack – “Gates of Fire”
- Kawir – “Eumenides”
- 1000mods – “Above 179”
- Varathron – “Dawn of Sordid Decay”
- Astarte – “The Offering” (Lloth demo.)
Indonesia
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Gateway Tracks
- Jasad – “Siliwangi”
- Deadsquad – “Manufaktur Replika Baptis”
- Down for Life – “Liturgi Penyesatan”
- Seringai – “Adrenalin Merusuh”
- Komunal – “Komando Badai”
- Siksa Kubur – “Renounce Me”
- Noxa – “Tanah Air Beta”
Deep Cuts
- Jasad – “C’est La Vie”
- Deadsquad – “Perangai Nadir”
- Down for Life – “Apokaliptika”
- Seringai – “Lagu belum berjudul”
- Komunal – “Manusia Baja”
- Siksa Kubur – “Outro”
- Noxa – “Lembata (Starving to Die)”
Italy
Gateway Tracks
- Messa – “Pilgrim”
- Shores of Null – “Destination Woe”
- Furor Gallico – “Canto d’Inverno”
- Stormlord – “Under the Sign of the Sword”
- Novembre – “Anaemia”
- Benthos – “As a Cordyceps”
Deep Cuts
- Messa – “Tomba”
- Shores of Null – “Tide Against Us”
- Furor Gallico – “La Notte dei Cento Fuochi”
- Stormlord – “My Lost Empire”
- Novembre – “Nostalgiaplatz”
- Benthos – “Debris // Essence”
Japan
Gateway Tracks
- Ryujin – “Raijin & Fujin”
- Unlucky Morpheus – “Angreifer”
- Crystal Lake – “Apollo”
- Kruelty – “Burn the System”
- Hanabie. – “Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now お先に失礼します。”
- Asunojokei – “Footprints 足跡”
- Boris – “Pink”
Deep Cuts
- Ryujin – “The Riding Dragon”
- Unlucky Morpheus – “Piro Piro Ring Night”
- Crystal Lake – “Prometheus”
- Kruelty – “CKS”
- Hanabie. – “Genkai NUMA Life”
- Asunojokei – “The Sweet Smile of Vortex”
- Boris – “Flood I”
Netherlands
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Gateway Tracks
- Phlebotomized – “Devoted to God”
- Asphyx – “The Rack”
- God Dethroned – “Villa Vampiria”
- Carach Angren – “The Carriage Wheel Murder”
- Textures – “Awake”
- Heidevolk – “Nehalennia”
Deep Cuts
- Phlebotomized – “Tragic Entanglement”
- Asphyx – “Thoughts of an Atheist”
- God Dethroned – “Poison Fog”
- Carach Angren – “Spectral Infantry Battalions”
- Textures – “Stream of Consciousness”
- Heidevolk – “Koning Radbod”
Norway
Gateway Tracks
- Kvelertak – “Mjød”
- Mork – “På Tvers Av Tidene”
- Whoredom Rife – “Beyond the Skies of God”
- Dold Vorde Ens Navn – “Jeg vil ha det”
- Blood Red Throne – “Patriotic Hatred”
- Vreid – “The Morning Red”
- Nekromantheon – “The Visions of Trismegistos”
Deep Cuts
- Kvelertak – “Skoggangr”
- Mork – “Svartmalt”
- Whoredom Rife – “Phantom Sword”
- Dold Vorde Ens Navn – “Drukkenskapens Kirkegård”
- Blood Red Throne – “Every Silent Plea”
- Vreid – “Sólverv”
- Nekromantheon – “Twelve Depths of Hades”
Poland
Gateway Tracks
- Furia – “Za ćmą, w dym”
- Kriegsmaschine – “Apocalypticists”
- Odraza – “Esperalem tkane”
- Thaw – “Motherboard”
- Mord’A’Stigmata – “The Mantra”
- Dormant Ordeal – “Halo of Bones”
- Hauntologist – “Deathdreamer”
Deep Cuts
- Furia – “Huta Laura”
- Kriegsmaschine – “The Fall in All Its Glory”
- Odraza – “Rzeczom”
- Thaw – “The Brigand”
- Mord’A’Stigmata – “Voluntarily Gone”
- Dormant Ordeal – “Conspiracy Within”
- Hauntologist – “Ozymandia”
Scotland
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Gateway Tracks
- Saor – “Tears of a Nation”
- Hellripper – “Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags”
- Party Cannon – “Duct Taped to a Flag Pole”
- Ashenspire – “Tragic Heroin”
- DVNE – “Enûma Eliš”
- Bleed From Within – “The End of All We Know”
- Scordatura – “Nothing But Dust”
Deep Cuts
- Saor – “Exile”
- Hellripper – “Nunfucking Armageddon 666”
- Party Cannon – “Big Tasty”
- Ashenspire – “Mariners at Perdition’s Lighthouse”
- DVNE – “Of Blade and Carapace”
- Bleed From Within – “I Am Damnation”
- Scordatura – “Self-Created Abyss”
Spain
Gateway Tracks
- Impureza – “Leyenda Negra”
- Teitanblood – “Anteinfierno”
- Avulsed – “Stabwound Orgasm”
- Haemorrhage – “Traumageddon”
- Foscor – “Altars”
- Wormed – “Pseudo-Horizon”
- Noctem – “A Cruce Salus”
Deep Cuts
- Impureza – “El Gitano Maldito”
- Teitanblood – “Purging Tongues”
- Avulsed – “Sweet Lobotomy”
- Haemorrhage – “Via Anal Introspection”
- Foscor – “The Smile of The Sad Ones”
- Wormed – “Uncoloured Plasma Orifices Transported”
- Noctem – “Chalice of Turpitude”
Sweden
Gateway Tracks
- Opeth – “Ghost of Perdition”
- Amon Amarth – “Twilight of the Thunder God”
- Orbit Culture – “Nensha”
- Soilwork – “Stabbing the Drama”
- Yngwie Malmsteen – “Rising Force”
- Mörk Gryning – “Tusen år har gått”
- Darkane – “The Sinister Supremacy”
Deep Cuts
- Opeth – “By the Pain I See in Others”
- Amon Amarth – “Light of Death” (1991 demo released as Scum.)
- Orbit Culture – “Arrival”
- Soilwork – “The Pittsburgh Syndrome”
- Yngwie Malmsteen – “Power and Glory (Takada’s Theme)”
- Mörk Gryning – “When Moonshine Is the Only Light” (1993 demo.)
- Darkane – “Convicted” (1999 demo.)
Switzerland
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Gateway Tracks
- Samael – “Baphomet’s Throne”
- Schammasch – “In Dialogue With Death”
- Bölzer – “The Great Unifier”
- Sybreed – “Doomsday Party”
- Alastis – “In Darkness”
- Zeal & Ardor – “Devil Is Fine”
- Gurd – “Bang!”
Deep Cuts
- Samael – “Into the Pentagram”
- Schammasch – “Golden Light”
- Bölzer – “Labyrinthian Graves”
- Sybreed – “No Wisdom Brings Solace”
- Alastis – “Let Me Die”
- Zeal & Ardor – “Waste”
- Gurd – “Skin Up!!!”
Ukraine
Gateway Tracks
- Stoned Jesus – “I’m The Mountain”
- White Ward – “Love Exchange Failure”
- Khors – “My Cossack Way (Мій козацький шлях)”
- Velikhan – “Hero”
- Ignea – “Alga”
- Motanka – “Verba”
- Ethereal Riffian – “Legends”
Deep Cuts
- Stoned Jesus – “The Sweet Whore of Babylon” (Demo version.)
- White Ward – “Guilty If I”
- Khors – “Red Mirrors”
- Velikhan – “Akua”
- Ignea – “Sputnik”
- Motanka – “Horizon”
- Ethereal Riffian – “Entering the Void”
Wales
Gateway Tracks
- Venom Prison – “Judges of the Underworld”
- Sodomised Cadaver – “Cannibal Butcher”
- Brutality Will Prevail – “The Path”
- Agrona – “I Chose to Burn”
- Godsticks – “Denigrate”
- Hunted – “Burning Ones”
- Edit The Tide – “The Cost Of Standing Still”
Deep Cuts
- Venom Prison – “Daemon Vulgaris”
- Sodomised Cadaver – “Vampire of Dusseldorf”
- Brutality Will Prevail – “Penitence”
- Agrona – “Summoning the Void”
- Godsticks – “Put Seven in Bold”
- Hunted – “The Lie”
- Edit The Tide – “Time And Error”
WORLD METAL WEEKLY
Before you go underground
The World Metal Weekly FAQ.
What is the World Metal Weekly Hub?
A: The World Metal Weekly Hub is Metal Lair’s permanent home for exploring metal scenes around the world. It brings every World Metal Weekly country edition together in one place, making it easy to browse featured countries, discover bands, and dig into the music behind each scene.
How do I find a World Metal Weekly edition for a specific country?
A: Use the Countries A–Z directory to browse every country featured in World Metal Weekly. Each country links to its full edition, where you’ll find bands selected to represent different corners of that nation’s metal scene.
What goes into a country edition?
A: World Metal Weekly country editions feature a curated selection of bands. The selections can span established names, underground discoveries, different generations, and multiple metal subgenres rather than attempting to rank the “best” bands from that country.
What is the World Metal Weekly Listening Guide?
A: The Listening Guide collects the music chosen for every country featured in the series. Each edition contributes Gateway Tracks and Deep Cuts, with an entry point and a deeper exploration for every featured band.
What is a Gateway Track?
A: A Gateway Track is the song Metal Lair recommends as an entry point to a band. It may be particularly representative, immediate, influential, or simply a strong place to begin if you’ve never heard the artist before.
What is a Deep Cut?
A: A Deep Cut takes the exploration further. Rather than automatically choosing another famous song, Metal Lair digs deeper into the band’s catalog for a track that deserves discovery and reveals another side of the artist.
Are the bands and songs ranked?
A: No. World Metal Weekly isn’t a competition, and placement doesn’t indicate that one band, country, or song is considered better than another. The goal is discovery, not manufacturing a metal Olympics where somebody has to go home with the bronze.
Does the hub include every metal band from each country?
A: Not remotely, nor could a small selection of bands represent everything happening within an entire national scene. Each edition is a curated starting point designed to introduce listeners to artists, history, sounds, and underground pathways worth exploring further.
Will more countries be added to the World Metal Weekly Hub?
A: Yes. The hub is a growing archive. As World Metal Weekly explores new countries, their editions, featured artists, Gateway Tracks, and Deep Cuts will be added here, gradually building a larger map of metal around the world.
How are countries chosen for World Metal Weekly?
A: There is no requirement that a country have a huge internationally recognized metal industry. Part of the point is venturing beyond the scenes that already dominate metal coverage and finding worthwhile music wherever it exists.
Where should I start?
A: Pick a country you know nothing about. That’s half the fun. Start with its Gateway Tracks, descend into the Deep Cuts, then explore the full country edition for the bands, history, and scene behind the music.
Are there other Metal Lair recurring series and hub pages?
A: Yes. World Metal Weekly is part of Metal Lair’s growing collection of recurring original series exploring metal from different angles. Other ongoing features include:
- Seven Deadly Songs
- Deep Cuts
- Women in Metal
- Metal Legacy Profiles
- Metalhead Horoscope
- Road Riffs
- The Ministry of Metal
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