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Kutina's Ashes of Eternity deliver melodic death metal exploring themes of mortality and impermanence. Launched in 2024, they bring polished melodeath from central Croatia with Scandinavian-influenced guitar work and powerful vocal delivery.
Ashes of Fallen delivers melodic death metal from an undisclosed Russian location as of 2025. Their military-memorial name — evoking the remains of the defeated — drives compositions of melodic combat.
Milwaukee death metal band bringing grinding extremity to Wisconsin's largest city, contributing to the Cream City's expanding heavy music landscape.
Ashes of Moon has crafted melodic death metal from Bruck an der Mur in Styria since 2012. From this small Alpine town at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz rivers, they bring Scandinavian-influenced melodicism to Austria's mountainous interior.
Ashes of My Memory crafts melodic and progressive death metal from Bruneck in the South Tyrolean Dolomites since 2018. From this bilingual German-Italian Alpine town, they create compositions that pair melodic sophistication with the dramatic grandeur of their mountain setting.
Ashes of Nothing crafts death, doom, and post-metal from an undisclosed Slovenian location since 2009. Their nihilistic-remnant name drives nearly two decades of compositions that explore what remains after everything is consumed.
Ashes of Sorrow is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian melodeath with metalcore's heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery. The band operates from the heart of Franconia's growing metal scene.
Ripping Death Metal / Deathcore from Dallas.
Ashes Reborn delivers death and thrash metal from Guimarães since 2018. Their phoenix-like name promises resurrection through fire, channeled through aggressive extremity from the birthplace of Portugal.
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