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Anger Outburst delivers melodic death metal from Kherson since 2022. From this southern Ukrainian city that has endured enormous hardship, they channel righteous fury through melodic precision.
Atlanta crossover thrash and death metal outfit whose 2018 EP Terror Incognito delivers the kind of furious, politically charged extremity that thrives in the South's punk-metal intersection.
Angered Crowd merges groove and death metal from Kyiv since 2019. Their mob-fury name drives compositions of collective rage from the Ukrainian capital.
Sioux Falls death metal project from the South Dakota underground.
Angerpath creates death metal from Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland since 2018. From this Silesian-Masurian border city at the foot of the Beskids, they carve a path of fury through the mountain-shadowed landscape.
Debrecen's Angerseed has cultivated death metal since 2010, growing from the cultural soil of Hungary's second city on the Great Plain. Their name suggests the germination of fury, which their music delivers through relentless extremity.
Leganés-based AngerSoul has been channeling death-thrash fury from Madrid's southern suburbs since 2012, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the classic crossover of both genres. Their sound captures the volatile energy of Spain's thriving extreme metal underground.
Angerstorm are a death metal quintet from Quillota, Chile, who gained regional recognition when they were invited to open for Mexican-American extreme metal band Brujería at a show in Valparaíso in April 2022. The band, whose members include drummer Darko Fernández, have continued to anchor the local underground scene, most recently performing at the Kill-ota Metal Fest III in San Pedro in February 2026.
Denver, Colorado / Nashville death metal project from the Tennessee underground.
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