Jason Waldrop
Lead Vocals · Guitar · Drums on Sign of Zion
TDT / 24
Tour de Thrash · Central Illinois · USA
WRATH OF PROTEUS
Dark metal from the other side. Doom weight, occult atmosphere and haunted amplification.
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DARK METAL · CENTRAL ILLINOIS · UNITED STATESArtist 24 of 24
WRATH OF
PROTEUS
Doom weight. Occult atmosphere. A séance conducted through amplifiers.
PROFILE STATUSVERIFIED · FULL PROFILE LIVE
ORIGINCentral Illinois, USA
FORMED2023
GENREDark / Doom / Sludge Metal
STUDIOWindigo Studio
Four figures · One dark signal
FROM TWO
SMALL TOWNS.
Wrath of Proteus is a four-piece Dark Metal band from two small towns in Central Illinois. The band formed in 2023 when three metalheads from different stylistic backgrounds met at an open mic and discovered a shared hunger for rock, doom and heavy metal.
Their sound fuses Kara Norris's heavy bass, Tim Norris's blazing guitar solos and Jason Waldrop's dark, loud and sometimes political lyrics. Jason also occupied the drum throne on the first album, Sign of Zion, and shared guitar duties with Tim across both releases.
Current drummer Blake Carson brings lightning-fast kicks and the ability to slow the room into monstrous, ritualistic beats.
The current formation
THE
CIRCLE.
Four musicians shaping the band's haunted, independent sound.
Tim Norris
Lead Guitar · Solos
Kara Norris
Bass Guitar
Blake Carson
Drums
Built without intermediaries
FORGED AT
WINDIGO.
Wrath of Proteus write, record, mix and master their work independently at Windigo Studio. Every layer of the ritual stays in the band's hands.
Two full transmissions
THE RELEASES.
Twenty-six songs across two self-produced albums.
2026 · 13 SONGS
SICKNESS
The sophomore release draws from encounters with a succubus, witchcraft, the occult, death and the journey toward the next spirit world.
2025 · 13 SONGS
SIGN OF ZION
The first full-length established the band's haunted vocabulary and featured Jason Waldrop behind the drum kit.
Submitted review · 4 / 5
DOOM METAL FROM
THE OTHER SIDE.
“A band that sounds like it crawled straight out of a haunted crypt with amplifiers.”
The review places Wrath of Proteus in the murky intersection of doom and sludge: impossibly low guitars, thick distortion and arrangements that unfold like rituals performed in candlelight.
Jason's haunted melodic delivery recalls the ghostly edge of early Black Sabbath while the band twists that familiar spirit into something darker — warnings broadcast through distortion from the afterlife.
The verdict: a classic, otherworldly sound where atmosphere never has to surrender its weight.
Inside Sickness
EIGHT
INVOCATIONS.
A selection of songs and the shadows moving beneath them.
Pentagram
A séance, captivity and the presence waiting inside the circle.
Sickness
Mental fracture, dependency and transformation.
Burn
Harmonic guitars, growling bass and a descent toward the afterlife.
Mary Antoinette
A dark confrontation with cruelty, bullying and consequence.
No Mercy for the Dead
A succubus devotion that follows beyond this realm.
Eat.Sleep.Fuck.
Electronic stimulation and habits pulling humanity apart.
Leeches
The people who drain money, energy and life.
Kodokushi
An instrumental-led meditation on isolation and dying alone.
Official streaming archive
ENTER THE
OTHER SIDE.
Hear both albums through the band's verified global music profiles.