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Raleigh/Cary, North Carolina death metal and progressive project named after the second ring of the ninth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno. Their 2018 debut Horrors channels literary horror through technically accomplished extreme metal from the Research Triangle.
Antesser delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Smolensk since 2000. Over a quarter century from this ancient western Russian fortress city, they have maintained a relentless commitment to punishing extremity.
Anthagora are a Vienna death/grindcore band whose discography was catalogued under the mantragora Bandcamp imprint. Rooted in the grinding extremity of acts like Napalm Death and Repulsion, they combine hyper-compressed blastbeat assaults with caustic low-end death metal heaviness.
Los Angeles symphonic metal project crafting cinematic heavy music since 2020. Their singles Illusion and Tales Untold pair orchestral grandeur with metal power, channeling Hollywood's epic sensibility into something genuinely heavy.
Anthem for Murder brings melodic death metal from the small central Finnish town of Saarijärvi since 2024. Their violent name contrasts with the melodic sophistication they bring to the genre.
Pinellas County, Florida death metal project with an astounding eleven releases since 2022. The Aelvica series and subsequent albums demonstrate a creative output that borders on obsessive, building an entire mythology of biblical destruction from the Tampa Bay area's legendary extreme metal scene.
AntHill channels technical death metal from Odesa since 2010. Fifteen years from this Black Sea port city, they have constructed intricate, colony-like compositions of technical precision.
Anthony has been delivering death and thrash metal from the northern Ostrobothnian town of Muhos since 1997, making them one of the area's most enduring extreme metal acts. Nearly three decades of activity from such a small community speaks to remarkable dedication.
Denver death metal project whose 2021 EP Dissection of the Abhorrent delivers clinical brutality from Colorado's growing extreme underground. The title promises anatomical precision in its violence, and the music follows through.
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