WÖRMDIGGER present a lyric video for ‘Imagine,’ one of four songs on We Shall Remain. The EP is available to the media ahead of its announced digital release on November 13, 2026.
The material dates back to 2018–2020, when brothers Sandro and Jerome Häni were based at New Sound Studio in Switzerland. Their regular work with established artists informed their understanding of studio production. Recording, mixing and mastering followed the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing the band to return to the songs with several more years of experience and refine their sound.
Founded by the Häni brothers and Rico Vaterlaus, WÖRMDIGGER combine dense riffing and detailed production with melodic ideas drawn from Vaterlaus’s punk background. The announcement places the alternative metal release alongside listening references Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Tremonti and Godsmack.
Sandro and Jerome discovered heavy music through their father during childhood and have written together since 2011. They met Vaterlaus at school, when he played in a punk band and the brothers pursued their own metal project. The musicians supported each other’s work before becoming bandmates.
The brothers opened their own recording studio in 2017 and began working with artists across Switzerland. After Vaterlaus’s band split in 2018, he joined them for the sessions that formed the foundation of WÖRMDIGGER.
Drummer Nicolas Borner joined in 2021 after meeting the brothers through studio work. Second guitarist Felix Straub, whom they already knew from an earlier studio production, joined later to help realize material originally written for two guitars.
The band’s name also comes from that longstanding friendship: Vaterlaus called the brothers ‘Würmligrübbler,’ Swiss German for ‘worm diggers.’ The nickname eventually became WÖRMDIGGER.
- Because Of You
- Imagine
- It's Over
- Remain
