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AfterFlesh is a death metal band from Seville, Spain, formed in 2020, featuring members from MonkeyPriest, Lead Coffin, Scumworm, and Lapidated, whose 2020 demo Corrupted was recorded with producer Miguel Grindermassive at AfterCave Studios. The two-track demo of brutal death metal marked the beginning of the band's trajectory toward a planned debut full-length album.
Mezokovesd's Afterglow merge melodic death metal with progressive metal complexity, creating compositions that balance technical intricacy with emotional resonance. Since 2020, they've been developing a sophisticated sound from the northeastern Hungarian town.
Afterlife is a technical death metal band from Mishawaka, Indiana. With six EPs released in rapid succession across 2021-2022, the project maintains a prolific output of technically demanding death metal.
Agadzagadza is a bestial black/death metal duo from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2025. Their debut album "Ululo Das Almas Trucidadas" (2025) delivers nine short, brutally abrasive tracks built on chaotic distortion, harsh guttural vocals, and deliberately lo-fi production in the tradition of South American bestial black metal. The band's name draws from a trickster figure in Bura mythology, while their lyrics deal in transgressive anti-religious and apocalyptic imagery.
Against All is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Tampa, Florida. Their 2020 full-length "2017-2019" compiles the band's formative years into a single release of crossover aggression.
Against Darkness delivers death metal from Sighișoara in Transylvania since 2018. From the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler — Europe's most famous inspiration for vampire legends — they channel authentic Transylvanian darkness.
Against Death was a black/death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, active from 2010 until their split-up. Operating out of the Northeastern Brazilian underground scene, the band combined the rawness of South American black metal with death metal brutality. They maintained a Bandcamp presence under the name "Life Against Death For Fucks Sake," reflecting the irreverent spirit common to the region's extreme metal underground.
Against I has evolved from EBM and industrial rock into melodic groove and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2013. Their self-opposing name captures the internal conflict driving their stylistic transformations.
Chicago black/death metal project. Pestilence-fighting extremity from the Windy City.
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