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Folk metal band from Luzern, Switzerland, who released five albums between 2009 and 2018—including "Hörensagen," "Versteckte Pfade," "Handgeschrieben," "Wegweiser," and "Weltenwanderer"—before going inactive. Their music incorporated German-language lyrics and Central European folk elements into a melodic metal framework.
Abiotic is a progressive deathcore and technical death metal band from Miami, Florida. With two full-lengths — 2012's "Symbiosis" and 2015's "Casuistry" — the band carved out a reputation for blending shredding technicality with the crushing weight of deathcore, earning a following in the Florida extreme metal scene.
Abisme is a death and black metal band from Barcelona, Spain, with roots in 2017 and Swedish death metal influences, whose debut album As Fear Falls In delivers six tracks of blackened death metal serving as a voice against patriarchal consumer society. The band was founded by Joan, Anna, Uri, and Manel, with artwork created by Anna and the album self-produced and mixed by Joan.
Abiura has practiced death metal from Cagliari since 2021, adding to Sardinia's growing extreme metal community. Their name, Italian for 'abjuration' or 'recantation,' speaks to a rejection of orthodoxy that their brutal approach embodies.
Abject Mentor is an old school death metal band from Aguascalientes, Mexico. Their 2023 debut release Abominaciones established the project within the underground death metal scene, delivering a direct and unpolished approach rooted in the classic death metal tradition.
Abjekt brings death metal to Angers since 2023, contributing to the Maine-et-Loire capital's underground extreme metal presence. Their deliberately misspelled name signals a raw, unpolished approach to brutality.
Abjured merges grindcore with death metal from Halle an der Saale in Saxony-Anhalt since 2011. Their name, meaning 'renounced under oath,' captures the sworn intensity of their punishing, blast-beat-driven extremity.
Abjvration fuses death and doom metal from Paris since 2015, creating compositions that balance crushing weight with deliberate, suffocating pacing. Their ritualistic denial-themed name suits music that rejects comfort in favor of overwhelming heaviness.
Ablach merges crust punk, death metal, and grindcore from Aberdeen since 2015, creating a volatile three-way collision of extreme styles from Scotland's Granite City. Their Scottish Gaelic name adds cultural depth to their aggressive punk-metal hybrid.
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