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Aimless are a melodic death metal band from Prinzersdorf in Lower Austria who blend melodic death metal with heavier, more abrasive elements. The band self-releases through Bandcamp, crafting music that sits at the intersection of Scandinavian melodic death and Central European underground extremity.
Aimless Death are a death-thrash metal band from Kulmbach, Germany, active since 2018, whose releases include the Mountains of Madness album and a self-titled EP. Operating from Upper Franconia's brewing heartland, they deliver Lovecraft-inspired extreme metal with the directness their name implies.
Aion of Drakon creates black and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2018. Their Greek-derived name — 'age of the dragon' — drives compositions of draconic extremity.
Airlines of Terror creates a volatile cocktail of death 'n' roll, grindcore, and rock from Rome since 2010. Their absurdist name and genre-blending approach bring irreverent chaos to the Eternal City's diverse extreme music landscape.
Self-styled "Blackened Crowleyan Doom" — psychedelic blues and crushing doom filtered through the occult lens of Aleister Crowley.
Ajatus creates death metal from Gothenburg since 2016. Their Finnish name meaning 'thought' brings cross-Scandinavian linguistic depth to death metal from the Gothenburg scene.
Haverhill, Massachusetts death metal project. Merrimack Valley extremity from the birthplace of Dustin Pedroia.
Florida death metal and funeral doom project. The Greek word for 'unclean' channels impurity through the Sunshine State's slowest, heaviest sounds.
Black metal project of unknown origin named after the neurological condition of restless agitation. Uncomfortable extremity.
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