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The Sound of Welsh Metal

“The Sound of Welsh Metal” pulls together a wide spectrum of heaviness from across Wales, highlighting the region’s distinct contributions to metal over the decades. The playlist spans everything from the blackened atmospheres of Ysbrydnos and Defod to the industrial aggression of Chaos Trigger, while also including genre pioneers like Budgie alongside more recent voices like Venom Prison and Ofnus. Whether rooted in doom, death, black, or groove metal, each track keeps one foot planted in the valleys.

Bands like Skindred and Bullet For My Valentine serve up internationally recognized hits, but there’s plenty here for fans of the underground: spine-rattling riffs from Agrona, experimental doom from Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, and raw, guttural ferocity from Sodomized Cadaver. Welsh-language titles and mythological references pop up throughout, giving the list a local texture. It's a broad yet focused look at how metal sounds when it's shaped by Welsh landscapes and stories.

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9xDead 2 tracks
A Vulgar Picture 2 tracks
Agrona 3 tracks
Anterior 2 tracks
Archetype 2 tracks
Asenath Blake 2 tracks
BenzoR II 2 tracks
Black Eye Riot 2 tracks
Black Pyre 3 tracks
Black Tamanous 2 tracks
Blue Gillespie 2 tracks
Budgie 2 tracks
Bullet For My Valentine 3 tracks
Cadacus 2 tracks
Chaos Trigger 2 tracks
Crymych 3 tracks
Crys 2 tracks
Defod 3 tracks
Deheubarth 3 tracks
Demonecromancy 1 track
Desecration 2 tracks
Eterne 1 track
Fourth Autumn 1 track
Gavin Daves 1 track
Ghast 1 track
Grim Tormentor 1 track
Hark 3 tracks
Hecate Enthroned 3 tracks
Hogslayer 2 tracks
Hunted 1 track
Ironbird 1 track
Iselder 3 tracks
Isfyd 1 track
Lichway 3 tracks
Lost In Thought 1 track
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard 3 tracks
Merciless Savage 1 track
Mulch 1 track
Necrocest 2 tracks
Nexus Inferis 1 track
No Remorse No Retreat 1 track
Ofnus 3 tracks
Ogof 3 tracks
Persian Risk 3 tracks
Plaguehurst 3 tracks
Preyer 3 tracks
Ray Packer 1 track
Reacher 1 track
Revoker 1 track
Serpents Kiss 1 track
Sigiriya 2 tracks
Skindred 3 tracks
Sodomized Cadaver 3 tracks
Spider Kitten 2 tracks
Taint 3 tracks
Templegate 1 track
The Death of Her Money 2 tracks
The Drowning 2 tracks
Tides of Sulfur 3 tracks
Tor Marrock 1 track
Traitors Gate 1 track
Tredegar 3 tracks
Triaxis 2 tracks
Trve Sagacity 3 tracks
Venom Prison 2 tracks
Verletzen 3 tracks
WOLKN 1 track
Wayne Calford 1 track
Ysbrydnos 3 tracks
Zombies To Corruption 1 track