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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Eye Of The Beholder (Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, England / October 10th, 1988) (2018)
06/03 @ Stadio Dall'Ara, BOLOGNA
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Newsflash (2023)
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Death metal project named after the ancient Mesopotamian flood narrative, operating from an undisclosed location with mythology-driven extremity.
Atrax Mantis — named after a genus of venomous spiders — has spun death metal from Kilkenny since 2008. From this medieval Norman city in Ireland's southeast, they deliver music as lethal as their arachnid namesake.
Atretic Intestine delivers death metal from Turku since 2011, their medical-anatomical name signaling the kind of visceral brutality that defines Finland's goriest extreme metal. The project embraces the genre's most confrontational traditions.
Atrexial is a Barcelona-based blackened death metal force signed to Non Serviam Records, exploring themes of spirituality, cosmic dimensions, and demonology. Across albums like "Souverain" and "Gargantuan," members Naga S. Maleström, Louen Walden, and Belegurth have built a reputation for intense, technically accomplished extreme metal.
Atro is a blackened doom and death metal project from Campina Grande, Paraíba, active since 2019. The project operates in the underground extreme metal circuit of Brazil's northeast, blending the suffocating weight of doom metal with blackened atmosphere and death metal aggression.
Brutal Deathcore from El Paso.
Atrocidade merges black and death metal from Lisbon since 2013. Their Portuguese name meaning 'atrocity' delivers exactly the horrors promised through over a decade of extreme metal from the capital.
Atrocious Command is a black/death metal band from Bruges, Belgium, operating in the underground extreme metal scene with a sound that draws equally from the aggression of death metal and the dark atmosphere of black metal. The band has released material through their Bandcamp page as an independent act.
Torrington, Connecticut grindcore project with thirteen releases since 2004. Two decades and counting of pulverizing extremity make them one of New England's most enduring and prolific grind acts, their catalog spanning full-lengths, compilations, and everything between.
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