W - METAL CD LIST


Wallop - Metallic alps 3/5 - KIT
Warbringer - Waking into nightmares 3/5 (the band’s sophomore CD, with more deathrashing riffs in the vein of Demolition Hammer or Malevolent Creation) - MICHAEL
Warbringer - War without end 2.5/5 (over-hyped speed metal debut that can't compare to Hyades, Merciless Death, Evile, Fueled by Fire or Bonded by Blood) - MICHAEL
Warcry - Revolucion (hopefully coming soon)
Warcry - La quinta esencia 3/5 - MICHAEL
Warcry - Donde esta la luz 3/5 - MICHAEL
Warcry - Alea jacta est 4/5 (stunning Spanish-language melodic power metal, rivaling prime Avalanch and Northwind) - KIT
Warcry - El sello de los tiempos 3/5 - MICHAEL
Warcry - s/t 3.5/5 - KIT
Wardog - A sound beating 3/5 - KIT
Wardog - Scorched earth 3.5/5 - KIT
Wardog - s/t 2/5 - KIT
Warfare - Hammer horror (hopefully coming soon)
Warfare - A conflict of hatred (hopefully coming soon)
Warfare - Mayhem, fuckin’ mayhem 3/5 - MICHAEL
Warfare - Metal anarchy 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Warfare - Pure filth 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wargasm - Suicide notes 3.5/5 - KIT
Wargasm - Ugly 4/5 - KIT
Wargasm - Why play around? 5/5 - KIT
Warlock - Triumph and agony 4/5 - KIT
Warlock - True as steel 3/5 - KIT
Warlock - Hellbound 4/5 - KIT
Warlock - Burning the witches 4.5/5 - KIT
Warlord - Rising out of the ashes 4/5 (excellent comeback CD of epic/traditional metal; sounds like a mix of Iron Maiden and Lordian Guard)
Warlord - And the cannons of destruction have begun 3.5/5

Warmachine - The beginning of the end 4/5 Warmachine Review - KIT
Warmen - Accept the fact 3/5 (good 3rd CD, but unfortunately contains less keyboard-oriented neo-classical instrumentals and more songs with vocals)
Warmen - Beyond abilities 3.5/5 (skilled 2nd CD of keyboard-oriented neo-classical instrumentals; I prefer the debut though)
Warmen - Unknown soldier 4/5
Warrant - The enforcer 3/5 - MICHAEL
Warrior - The wars of gods and men 2/5 Warrior Review - KIT
Warrior - The code of life 3/5 - CRAIG
Warrior - Ancient future 3/5 - CRAIG
Warrior - Fighting for the earth 3.5/5 - CRAIG
W.A.S.P. - Babylon 3.5/5 (their best since 'Helldorado', but is still too short with 2 covers, recycled melodies, and too much preaching!) - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Dominator 4/5 W.A.S.P. Review - CRAIG B
W.A.S.P. - Dominator 3/5 (their same paradigm, with no deviation; I long for the originality and boldness of ‘Helldorado’!) - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - The neon god pt. 2: The demise 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - The neon god pt. 1: The rise 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Dying for the world 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Unholy terror 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Helldorado 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Kill, fuck, die 2/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Still not black enough 3/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - The crimson idol 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - The headless children 4/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - Inside the electric circus 3/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - The last command 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
W.A.S.P. - s/t 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Wasted Youth - Black daze 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Wasteland - Warriors of the wasteland 2/5 (by-the-numbers midtempo German metal debut; okay, but does not stand out in any way) - KIT
Watchtower - Control and resistance 3/5 - MICHAEL
Watchtower - Energetic disassembly 3/5 - MICHAEL
Waylander - Honour amongst chaos 4/5 Waylander Review - CRAIG B
Waylander - Honour amongst chaos 3.5/5 (excellent 3rd CD of death/folk metal from Ireland that will appeal to fans of Cruachan, Skyclad and Skiltron) - MICHAEL
Waylander - The light, the dark, and the endless knot 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Waylander - Reawakening pride once lost 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wayne, David - Metal church 3.5/5 Wayne Review - CRAIG
Wehrmacht - Biermacht 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wehrmacht - Shark attack 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Well of Souls - s/t 4/5 (crushing epic melodic doom debut from Texas a la Solitude Aeturnus; crafted under J. Perez's watchful eye and expert tutelage) - KIT
Where Angels Fall - Marionettes 2.5/5 (uninteresting 2nd CD of female fronted symphonic/gothic metal that doesn’t really top their debut or stand out in the style)
Where Angels Fall - Illuminate 2.5/5 (female fronted symphonic/gothic metal debut; decent attempt at competing with Xandria, Within Temptation, Sengir and Elis)
Whiplash - Unborn again 3.5/5 (unique thrashback with all of the old-school qualities, some new experimentation, and a slightly different vocal approach) - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Thrashback 4/5 - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Sit stand kneel prey 3/5 - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Cult of one 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Insult to injury 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Ticket to mayhem 4/5 - MICHAEL
Whiplash - Power and pain 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
White Skull - Forever fight 4/5 White Skull Review - KIT
White Skull - The ring of the ancients 4/5 White Skull Review - CRAIG
White Skull - The ring of the ancients 3.5/5 (veteran Italian true metallers' 7th CD; their best since Sister de Boni left the band in 2001) - KIT
White Skull - The XIII skull 2/5 (continued regression to mediocrity by one-proud Italian Running Wild fans) - KIT
White Skull - The dark age 2.5/5 - KIT
White Skull - Public glory, secret agony 4/5 - KIT
White Skull - Tales from the north 4.5/5 - KIT
White Skull - Embittered 1/5 - KIT
White Skull - I won't burn alone 2.5/5 - MICHAEL

White Spirit - s/t 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Whyzdom - From the brink of infinity 3.5/5 Whyzdom Review
Wicked Maraya - Cycles 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Wide Open Throttle - Life trials 3/5 (Houston,TX independent old-school traditional metal debut a la Meliah Rage) - KIT
Widow - Nightlife 3.5/5 Widow Review - KIT
Widow - On fire 3.5/5 Widow Review - KIT
Widow - Midnight strikes 3/5 (traditional power metal with a mix of Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate and some backing death vocals) - JOHN
Widowmaker - Stand by for pain 3/5 - KIT
Widowmaker - Blood and bullets 4/5 - KIT
Wild Dogs - The ring of blood (hopefully coming soon)
Wild Dogs - Out for blood 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wild Dogs - Better late than never (hopefully coming soon)
Wild Dogs - Reign of terror 3/5 - CRAIG
Wild Dogs - Man's best friend 2/5 - CRAIG
Wild Dogs - s/t 2/5 - CRAIG
Wild Steel - s/t 4/5 (the vocalist of Soulblaze, Athlantis and Shadows of Steel gives us his solo debut; as expected, is recommended to Italian power metal fans)
Wilde Starr - Arrival 3/5 (overall good female fronted heavy/power metal debut that has some great songs, but some average songs as well)
Wildpath - Nyx secrets 4.5/5 Wildpath Review
Wind Wraith - Minions of metal 3.5/5 Wind Wraith Review - CRAIG
Wind Wraith - The fortune teller’s gaze 3.5/5 Wind Wraith Review - CRAIG
Windfall - Infector 3.5/5 (great 3rd CD blending thrash and power metal with somewhat raspy vocals and extremely catchy riffs)
Windfall - Time of the haunted 3.5/5 (improved 2nd CD that's completely different than their debut, a lot heavier and leaning towards thrash)
Windfall - Adamantia 1/5
Windrow - Trilogy 4/5 Windrow Review
Winterborn - Farewell to saints 4/5 (excellent 2nd CD of melodic metal with a slight progressive edge, and it’s more consistent than their debut; similar to Cloudscape)
Winterborn - Cold reality 4/5 Winterborn Review
Winterfell - The veil of summer 3.5/5 (strong and very promising power metal debut that instantly brings Iced Earth and Stormrider to mind)
Winterlong - Metal/Technology 1.5/5 (4th CD with a heavier feel and industrial elements taking over the neo-classical power metal heard with their previous CDs)
Winterlong - s/t 3.5/5 Winterlong Review
Winterlong - The second coming 3/5
Winterlong - Valley of the lost 3.5/5
Winters Bane - Redivivus 3.5/5 (3rd CD that’s not perfect and has a raw production, but it’s a solidly metallic return) - CRAIG
Winters Bane - Redivivus 3.5/5 Winters Bane Review - KIT
Winters Bane - Girth 2.5/5 (2nd CD with the power metal tones muted into more Megadethish straightforward metal) - CRAIG
Winters Bane - Heart of a killer 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Winters Dawn - The winter is dawning 3.5/5 (dramatic Greek metal debut often reminiscent of Crimson Glory or Warlord, but sometimes veering towards thrash) - KIT
Winter’s Verge - Eternal damnation 3.5/5 (very good melodic power metal debut that sounds like a blend of Black Majesty and Crimsonfire)
Wintersun - Time (hopefully coming soon)
Wintersun - s/t 4/5 (compelling Molotov cocktail of folk, power and black metal by the creative genius behind Ensiferum) - KIT
Wisdom (Hun) - Words of wisdom 3.5/5 Wisdom Review
Wisdom (Ita) - The last horizon 3/5 (good Italian progressive power metal debut that’s similar to Heraldry, Concept, Helreid, Night Cloud and Wonderland)
Wisdom Call - s/t 3/5
Wiszdom Stone - Rise 4/5 Wiszdom Stone Review - MICHAEL
Witchblade - MMVI 3/5 (very good 2nd CD of power metal from Chile; sits somewhere between the Italian style and the Brazilian style)
Witchblade - I 3/5 (Chilean power metal debut that resembles the Italian style, with guitar work like Projecto)
Witchbreed - Heretic rapture 3/5 (fairly aggressive power/progressive/gothic metal debut that’s female fronted, but there are also some occasional male/death vocals)
Witchery - Don't fear the reaper 3/5 - MICHAEL
Witchery - Symphony for the devil 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Witchery - Dead, hot and ready 3/5 - MICHAEL
Witchery - Restless & dead 3/5 - MICHAEL
Witchfinder General - Resurrected 3/5 Witchfinder General Review - CRAIG B
Witchfinder General - Resurrected 2.5/5 (this cult act set the mark for impelling doom, but now they remind me of every other doom outfit with little melody) - MICHAEL
Witchfinder General - Friends of hell 3/5 - MICHAEL
Witchfinder General - Death penalty 3/5 - MICHAEL
Witchking - Hand of justice 4/5 Witchking Review - KIT
Witchking - s/t (hopefully coming soon)
Witchsmeller Pursuivant - Manifest of evil 3.5/5 (3rd CD of uncompromising old-school heavy metal from Belgium; for fans of Wolf and the Cruz del Sur roster) - KIT
Witchsmeller Pursuivant - Enter delirium (hopefully coming soon)
Witchsmeller Pursuivant - Melissa’s birthday (hopefully coming soon)
Within Temptation - The heart of everything 3.5/5 (‘The silent force’ is a symphonic metal masterpiece, but this feels more commercial and has a few weak songs)
Within Temptation - The silent force 5/5 (flawless 3rd CD displaying huge choirs and amazing female vocals; easily one of the best symphonic/gothic metal CDs ever!)
Within Temptation - Mother earth 2.5/5 (nice 2nd CD of female fronted gothic metal, but not nearly as heavy as their debut)
Within Temptation - Enter 3.5/5
Wiz - Shattered mind therapy 3/5 (fairly good heavy/power metal debut that sounds like a mid-paced Nostradameus)

Wizard - Thor 4/5 Wizard Review - CRAIG
Wizard - Goochan 4/5 Wizard Review - CRAIG
Wizard - Magic circle 3.5/5 Wizard Review - CRAIG
Wizard - Odin 4.5/5 - CRAIG
Wizard - Head of the deceiver 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Wizard - Bound by metal 4/5 - CRAIG
Wizard - Battle of metal 3/5 - CRAIG
Wizard - Son of darkness 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Wizards - The kingdom ll 2/5 Wizards Review
Wizards - The kingdom 3/5
Wizards - Best spells 2/5 (collection of the band's best tracks from their first 3 CDs, which are on the lighter side of the genre)
Wizards - Beyond the sight 1.5/5
Wizards - Sound of life 2/5
Wizards - s/t 1.5/5
Wizards’ Hymn - Transience 3/5 Wizards’ Hymn Review
Wizards’ Hymn - Hymnal 3/5 Wizards’ Hymn Review
Wolf - Ravenous 4/5 Wolf Review - CRAIG
Wolf - The black flame 4/5 Wolf Review - CRAIG
Wolf - Evil star 3.5/5 (strong 3rd CD that continues with their established style) - CRAIG
Wolf - Black wings 3.5/5 Wolf Review - CRAIG
Wolf - s/t 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Wolfen - The truth behind (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfen - Humanity... sold out! 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolfen - Don’t trust the white 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolfen - Apocalyptic waltz (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfen - No sleep ‘til blindfold (hopefully coming soon)
Wolf Spider - Hue of evil 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Wolf Spider - Drifting in the sullen sea 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolf Spider - Kingdom of paranoia 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolf Spider - Wilczy pajak 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolfcry - Warfair 4/5 (3rd CD of killer traditional power metal that matches their shocking 2nd CD ‘Nightbreed’; a mix of Steel Prophet and Iced Earth perhaps)
Wolfcry - Nightbreed 4/5 (thundering 2nd CD of traditional power metal that may appeal to Iced Earth fans)
Wolfcry - Power within 2/5
Wolfpack Unleashed - Anthems of resistance 4/5 Wolfpack Unleashed Review - KIT
Wolfs Moon - Unholy darkness 3.5/5 (underrated German true metal a la Rebellion and Grave Digger, with a touch more groove; their 6th CD) - KIT
Wolfs Moon - Keep metal alive 3/5 (no-frills anthemic traditional metal from Germany with a high head-banging quotient) - KIT
Wolfs Moon - Black night legacy (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfs Moon - Elysium dreams (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfs Moon - Eternal flame (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfs Moon - Solitary lunacy (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfsbane - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wolfsbane - Down fall the good guys (hopefully coming soon)
Wolfsbane - Live fast die fast 3/5 - MICHAEL
Wonderland - Follow me 4.5/5 Wonderland Review
Wonderland - s/t 4.5/5

Worwyk - In solitude 3/5 (well done self-released light thrash that’s like mid-period Megadeth with gruffer vocals; their 7th CD) - KIT
Worwyk - The hanging man (hopefully coming soon)
Worwyk - Incinerator (hopefully coming soon)
Worwyk - All pain is possible (hopefully coming soon)
Worwyk - The order of chaos (hopefully coming soon)
Worwyk - The cauldron of the bizarre (hopefully coming soon)
Worwyk - Vespertine shadows (hopefully coming soon)
Wotan - Epos 2.5/5 Wotan Review - CRAIG B
Wotan - Carmina barbarica 3.5/5 Wotan Review - KIT
Wrath - Insane society 2.5/5 - CRAIG
Wrath - Fit of anger 2.5/5 - CRAIG
Wrath - Nothing to fear 5/5 - MICHAEL
Wrathchild America - 3-D 4/5 - KIT
Wrathchild America - Climbin’ the walls 4.5/5 - KIT
Wretch - Reborn 4.5/5 Wretch Review - KIT
Wuthering Heights - The shadow cabinet 4.5/5 Wuthering Heights Review
Wuthering Heights - Far from the madding crowd 4.5/5
Wuthering Heights - To travel for evermore 3/5
Wuthering Heights - Within 2.5/5
Wyvern - No defiance of fate 3/5 - KIT
Wyvern - The wildfire 2/5 - KIT



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