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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Alteration delivers death metal from Karlsruhe since 2021, their name suggesting transformation through the destructive medium of extreme music. From Baden-Württemberg's second-largest city, they bring fresh brutality to the southwestern German scene.
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Harlingen, Texas brutal death metal project with an astounding fourteen releases since 2021. One of the most prolific acts in the Rio Grande Valley, churning out a relentless stream of punishing brutality.
Altercated creates death metal from Bielsk Podlaski in the Podlasie region, with roots dating to 1970 in an extraordinarily early origin. Their confrontational name captures decades of aggression from this small town near the Belarusian border.
Altered Rage channels melodic death metal from Kumla in Närke since 2022. Their transformed-fury name drives compositions of reshaped aggression from this small central Swedish town.
Turnersville, New Jersey progressive thrash metal act blending technical riffing with aggressive velocity. A South Jersey project that channels the Garden State's deep thrash metal roots through a progressive lens.
Alteri blends death metal with crust punk from Cologne since 2018. Their Latin name meaning 'the other' captures the outsider energy of their genre-crossing approach, merging extreme metal's technical ambition with punk's raw directness.
Altering the Future delivers melodic death metal from the UK underground since 2017, their forward-looking name reflecting compositions that push the genre toward new sonic territory. Their approach balances aggression with melodic invention.
Alternate Massive Project delivers atmospheric black and death metal from Tissi, a small town near Sassari in Sardinia, since 2017. Their unwieldy name matches the expansive scope of their genre-crossing compositions from this tiny island commune.
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