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Aposthate has evolved from black and death metal into brutal death metal from Caltanissetta in central Sicily since 2010. Their heretical name drives extremity that has grown more punishing with each phase, deep in the Sicilian interior.
Pensacola, Florida crossover thrash outfit with four releases since 2018. Their catalog — from the philosophically titled A Splinter in the Infinite Noumenon to the transitional Liminal — pairs Kantian concepts with aggressive punk-metal from the Gulf Coast.
Appalling Testimony delivers brutal death metal from Kyiv since 2019. Their horrifying-witness name drives compositions of court-testimony-level brutality from the Ukrainian capital.
Architype explores progressive and brutal death metal from Saint Petersburg since 2011. Their design-pattern name drives over a decade of structurally ambitious compositions from Russia's architectural masterpiece of a city.
Are You God? was a brutal death metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2001 until their split-up. They released their 2001 debut demo as a handmade CD-R on recycled paper, distributing over a thousand copies for free — a gesture rooted in the DIY ethos of the São Paulo underground. Their discography includes the 2006 album Miranda (released via Travolta Discos and 2+2=5 Records) and a 2008 split with German grindcore act Japanische Kampfhörspiele.
Arkenath delivers brutal death metal from Leeds since 2024, bringing fresh aggression to West Yorkshire's thriving extreme metal community. Their enigmatic name suits the dark, unfathomable depths of their brutal sound.
Arsebreed delivers brutal death metal from Den Helder at the northern tip of North Holland since 2015. Their confrontational name matches the uncompromising extremity of their sound from this Dutch naval base town.
Arthropodal Humanicide delivers punishing brutal death metal from Albacete, one of La Mancha's most unlikely metal strongholds, since 2016. Their insect-themed violence brings a distinctly clinical brutality to the Castilian extreme metal underground.
Artificial Pathogen delivers brutal death metal and deathcore from Glasgow since 2015, their lab-created-disease name reflecting the engineered brutality of their compositions. Over a decade of Scottish extremity speaks to sustained commitment.
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