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Act has delivered melodic death metal from İzmir since 1994, over three decades of activity making them one of Turkey's longest-running melodic death metal acts. Their concise name carries the weight of pioneering extreme metal in the Aegean coast city.
Act of Creation merges death and thrash metal from Haiger in Hesse since 2002, one of Germany's longer-running extreme metal acts from small-town central Germany. Over two decades, they have built a reputation for technically proficient brutality from the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district.
Split's Act of Denial deliver a potent fusion of death metal, groove metal, and melodic death metal from Croatia's second-largest city. Launched in 2024, they bring a multi-genre approach to extreme metal with polished production and technical proficiency.
Act of Revenge is a groove/death metal and deathcore band from Salvador, Bahia, formed in 2015 and anchored by vocalist Danfacto Oliveira, whose performance earned the band Best Vocalist honors at the Prêmio Palco do Rock 2014 popular vote — the same year they also won Best Band. Their 2018 EP 5 Atos delivers heavy, groove-driven material entirely in Portuguese, and the band has performed across multiple editions of the Festival Palco do Rock, establishing them as one of Salvador's most visible acts in the heavy underground.
Act of Worship blends black and death metal from Cologne since 2012, their devotional name carrying dark ritual undertones. From the city of Germany's greatest Gothic cathedral, they practice a decidedly unholy form of worship.
Action were a metalcore and death metal band from Teplice, Czech Republic, active from 1998 to 2013, who began in the New York hardcore tradition of Madball and Ryker's before incorporating increasingly heavy death metal riffs and breakdowns. By their final years, their sound had evolved into a toughened moshcore and deathcore hybrid comparable to Hatebreed and All Out War.
Action Jackson are a death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2012, who blend multiple strains of modern extreme metal. Their sound navigates the intersection of death metal aggression, melodic precision, and metalcore dynamics from the heart of Germany's capital.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin / Mount Prospect, Illinois death metal project. The biblical reference to demon-possessed pigs driven off a cliff channels sacrilege through Midwest extremity.
Actvs Mortis is a death metal and grindcore band from Santa Cruz de Mieres in Asturias, Spain, formed in February 2019, featuring Txeffy on vocals, Diego and David on guitars, Carmelo on bass, and Remis on drums. Their catalog spans from early demos through the 2021 album Sempiternvs Terror to a 2023 three-way split with Anal Pus and Serrucho, blending death metal, grindcore, and groove elements.
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