 Voivod | 🇨🇦 Canada | — | 1982 | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | We Are Connected / Language of the Dead 2015 |
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    Volcandra | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2019 | Black Metal / Death Metal | 3 | 1 | 28 | — | Beyond the Will of Mortals 2026 |
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    Vomit Forth | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2018 | Death Metal / Deathcore | 2 | 3 | 31 | — | In the Name of the Father 2026 |
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| V Vomit of Doom | 🇦🇷 Argentina | — | 2009 | Black Metal | 1 | 0 | 8 | — | Screaming From Darkness 2019 |
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    Vomitory | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1989 | Death Metal | 11 | 1 | 107 | — | In Death Throes 2026 |
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 Vorkuta | 🇭🇺 Hungary | — | 2002 | — | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | Vorkuta / Woods of Desolation 2008 |
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 Vulcano | 🇧🇷 Brazil | — | 1981 | Black Metal | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | Thunder Metal 2007 |
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| V Vulgar Degenerate | — | — | — | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | Vulgar Degenerate / Last Days Of Humanity 1994 |
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 Vuur | 🇧🇪 Belgium | — | 1999 | Doom Metal / Emo | 0 | 1 | 9 | — | 4 Ways Split CD #1 2004 |
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 Wage War | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2010 | Metalcore / Alternative Metal | 6 | 2 | 77 | — | Landfall 2026 |
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    Wake | 🇨🇦 Canada | — | 2009 | Grindcore / Black Metal | 6 | 5 | 86 | 5.0 / 5.0 | Thought Form Descent 2022 |
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 Waldgeflüster | 🇩🇪 Germany | — | 2005 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | Waldgeflüster / Panopticon 2016 |
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    Walls of Jericho | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1998 | Metalcore / Folk | 6 | 3 | 90 | — | No One Can Save You From Yourself 2016 |
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    War of Ages | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2002 | Christian Metal / Contemporary Christian | 11 | 1 | 119 | — | Eternal 2025 |
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 Warhate | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1996 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | The Nasum / Warhate Campaign 1999 |
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    Warning | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 1994 | Doom Metal | 3 | 1 | 17 | 2.5 / 5.0 | Rituals of Shame 2026 |
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  Warp Chamber | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2016 | Death Metal | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | Warp Chamber / Benothing 2025 |
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| W Warscars | 🇫🇷 France | — | 1998 | Grindcore | 0 | 1 | 26 | — | A Musical Propaganda for Sociologic Warfare 2006 |
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 Wastëland Riders | 🇪🇸 Spain | — | 2015 | Black Metal / Speed Metal | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | Speed Motörized Bastards 2018 |
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    Watain | 🇸🇪 Sweden | — | 1998 | Black Metal / Heavy Metal | 7 | 4 | 76 | — | The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain 2022 |
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 Watcher | — | — | — | Emo | 0 | 1 | 5 | — | Mahria / Watcher 2012 |
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  Watchmaker | 🇺🇸 United States | — | — | Death Metal / Grindcore | 4 | 0 | 57 | — | Hirudinea / Watchmaker 2006 |
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 Wavves | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2008 | — | 1 | 0 | 9 | — | No Life for Me 2015 |
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    Wayfarer | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2011 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 6 | 1 | 46 | — | Perdition’s Crossing 2026 |
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    We Came as Romans | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2005 | Metalcore / Post-Hardcore | 7 | 2 | 88 | — | ALL IS BEAUTIFUL… BECAUSE WE’RE DOOMED 2025 |
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 Weakling | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 1997 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 1 | 0 | 5 | — | Dead as Dreams 2000 |
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    Weekend Nachos | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2004 | Grindcore / Doom Metal | 5 | 2 | 100 | — | Apology 2016 |
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 Wheels Within Wheels | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2008 | Americana / Atmospheric Black Metal | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | Panopticon / Wheels Within Wheels 2009 |
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 When Bitter Spring Sleeps | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2007 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 1 | 0 | 6 | — | Panopticon / When Bitter Spring Sleeps 2010 |
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    While She Sleeps | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 2006 | Metalcore / Melodic Hardcore | 6 | 1 | 77 | 5.0 / 5.0 | Self Hell 2024 |
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 Whiskey Ritual | 🇮🇹 Italy | — | 2008 | Black Metal / Rock And Roll | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | A Tribute to GG Allin 2011 |
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    Whispered | 🇫🇮 Finland | — | 2004 | Melodic Death Metal / Symphonic Metal | 4 | 0 | 35 | 4.0 / 5.0 | Honorbound 2026 |
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    White Ward | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | — | 2012 | Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal | 4 | 3 | 34 | — | False Light 2022 |
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    Whitechapel | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2006 | Deathcore / Death Metal | 9 | 1 | 101 | 4.0 / 5.0 | Hymns in Dissonance 2025 |
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    Wiegedood | 🇧🇪 Belgium | — | 2014 | Black Metal | 4 | 0 | 21 | — | There’s Always Blood at the End of the Road 2022 |
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 Will of the Ancients | 🇨🇦 Canada | — | 2002 | — | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | Elemental Nightmares V 2014 |
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    Windir | 🇳🇴 Norway | — | 1994 | Black Metal / Melodic Black Metal | 4 | 0 | 31 | — | Likferd 2003 |
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    Winds of Plague | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2005 | Deathcore / Black Metal | 6 | 1 | 72 | — | Blood of My Enemy 2017 |
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    Windwaker | 🇦🇺 Australia | — | 2014 | Alternative Metal / Electronicore | 2 | 3 | 36 | — | HYPERVIOLENCE 2024 |
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    Winterfylleth | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | — | 2007 | Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal | 9 | 1 | 87 | — | The Unyielding Season 2026 |
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    Wintersun | 🇫🇮 Finland | — | 2003 | Melodic Death Metal / Death Metal | 4 | 0 | 26 | — | Time II 2024 |
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 Wisdom in Chains | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2002 | Hardcore Punk / Melodic Hardcore | 1 | 0 | 8 | — | Wisdom in Chains / Evergreen Terrace 2025 |
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    Witch Vomit | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2012 | Death Metal | 3 | 3 | 39 | — | Funeral Sanctum 2024 |
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    Within Destruction | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | — | 2010 | Deathcore / Metalcore | 6 | 2 | 72 | — | Animetal 2025 |
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 Wolbachia | — | — | — | Grindcore | 1 | 0 | 25 | — | Cloud Rat / The Oily Menace / Wolbachia 2011 |
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    Wolves in the Throne Room | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2002 | Atmospheric Black Metal / Black Metal | 8 | 0 | 42 | — | Primordial Arcana 2021 |
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    Woods of Desolation | 🇦🇺 Australia | — | 2005 | Black Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal | 4 | 2 | 39 | — | The Falling Tide 2022 |
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    Worm | 🇺🇸 United States | — | 2012 | Death Doom Metal / Black Metal | 5 | 1 | 35 | — | Necropalace 2026 |
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    Wormed | 🇪🇸 Spain | — | 1998 | Death Metal / Brutal Death Metal | 4 | 3 | 54 | — | Omegon 2024 |
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    Wormrot | 🇸🇬 Singapore | — | 2007 | Grindcore / Deathgrind | 4 | 4 | 133 | — | Hiss 2022 |
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