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Asinhell is a death metal band formed in 2022 by Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen alongside vocalist Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth) and drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy). The project draws openly on old-school death metal influences and Poulsen's long-standing affinity for the genre before his career in Volbeat. Their debut album Impii Hora was released in September 2023 via Metal Blade Records, comprising ten tracks rooted in classic death and thrash metal.
Aske is a black/death metal band from São Carlos, São Paulo state, operating in the Brazilian extreme metal underground since 2018. Their approach sits firmly in the raw, aggressive end of the black-death spectrum, with releases distributed independently through Bandcamp.
Asketia delivers death metal from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland since 2016, proving that extreme brutality thrives even above the Arctic Circle. Their ascetic-sounding name hints at a stripped-down, essential approach to death metal.
Asketic are a Swiss death/doom duo — guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Morten C. Hack alongside vocalist Remo McTegam — whose releases on Bandcamp include the concept albums "Spinalonga" (2021), named for the Cretan leper colony, "Toxicity" (2022), "Gruinard" (2024), and "Ruination" (2024). Their sound is recorded at Hedgehog Studio, mixing sepulchral vocals with slow, textured riffing under the band's self-described banner of "death doom darkness."
Spokane death metal band bringing crushing heaviness to Eastern Washington's inland metal scene, operating far from the coastal hubs but with no less intensity.
Askheimr creates melodic black and death metal from an undisclosed Norwegian location since 2019. Their Old Norse-styled name — suggesting a realm of ash — drives melodic compositions rooted in Norse cosmological imagery.
Askon is a black and death metal band from Bayreuth in Upper Franconia, Germany, whose release The End is Near blends the aggression of both genres. The band operates from the Wagnerian city in northern Bavaria, contributing to the region's extreme metal underground.
Asleep crafts melodic death metal from Zduńska Wola in central Poland since 2005. Two decades of activity from this Łódź Voivodeship textile town have produced a body of melodic extremity that belies their somnolent name.
Asma crafts death metal from the Basque Country, channeling the region's intense musical heritage into suffocating extremity since 2015. Their name, meaning "asthma," aptly describes the breathless intensity of their sonic assault.
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