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Adelphophagy is a death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Named after the biological phenomenon of sibling cannibalism, the band delivers suitably savage death metal from the Western New York underground.
Newark, Delaware death metal project named after the Sisters of Battle from Warhammer 40K. Tabletop gaming mythology rendered in extremity.
Aderlass are an Austrian black/death metal band who have been active since the late 1990s, with early releases like the 1997 demo Krunk! establishing their raw approach. The band operates under the Aderlass Kunstverlag imprint, which combines music distribution with a broader visual arts and merchandise operation, linking to black metal acts like Varcolac and Nekropulse in the Austrian underground.
Ades Numen fuses symphonic arrangements with black and death metal from Padua since 2017. Their name, combining the Roman god of the underworld with divine will, drives a sound that pairs orchestral grandeur with infernal extremity.
Adfail channels doom, death, and gothic metal from Kaliningrad since 2014. From Russia's Baltic exclave — physically separated from the mainland by Lithuania and Poland — they craft compositions of isolated, multi-genre darkness.
Black metal project of unknown origin. The name implies devotion — whether to darkness, tradition, or the genre's uncompromising principles.
Adiant are a symphonic metal band from Styria, Austria, who released their debut album Killing Dreams in November 2021 and followed it with Witches Dance in September 2024. Their sound combines orchestral arrangements with melodic death metal heaviness, drawing comparisons to continental European symphonic metal acts.
Adimiron has undergone a striking evolution from melodic death and black metal into progressive thrash and death territory since forming in Rome in 2009. Their willingness to reinvent their sound speaks to the creative restlessness of the Roman extreme metal underground.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina grindcore project named after the waxy substance formed on decomposing bodies. The forensic science term suits the clinical precision of their extremity.
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