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Always Expire merges death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal from Brighton since 2023, their mortality-themed name reflecting the transience at the core of their compositions. Their seaside origins add an unlikely backdrop to their extreme ambitions.
Alzhagoth creates melodic death metal from Padua since 2024. From the Veneto university city of Galileo and Giotto, they deliver freshly forged melodic extremity that adds to the region's active metal community.
Melodic metalcore/deathcore band from Vevey, Switzerland, active since 2014 with releases including their debut "Aberrant Minds Provoke Murders" (2014), "A Mountain Peaks' Myth" (2019), and the 2024 EP "Despised Paradise." Their 2025 single "Increase" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Loic Gaillard at Uproarious Records, with orchestrations by Brian Bendahan.
Amaduscias is a death metal band from Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, formed in 2003 and rooted in the fierce extreme metal tradition of southern Brazil. Starting as a black metal act, they evolved into brutal death metal territory, with lyrical themes centered on war, paganism, and the bloody revolutionary history of Rio Grande do Sul; their album "Conceived Annihilation" documents this direction.
Amalthea has evolved from atmospheric death and doom metal into alternative rock territory from Murcia since their most recent incarnation in 2025. Named after the goat that nursed infant Zeus, their stylistic metamorphosis reflects the nourishing, transformative power of their Mediterranean setting.
Winchester, Virginia doom merchants conjuring heavy, psychedelia-laced riffs since 2017. Named after the genus of poisonous mushrooms, their catalog sprawls across multiple EPs and full-lengths that explore the intersection of crushing weight and hypnotic repetition, from the lysergic haze of Love³ to the pandemic-era Quarantine in Warm.
Amanita Virosa takes its name from the deadly destroying angel mushroom and delivers equally toxic melodic death metal from Mikkeli since 2015. The mycological moniker perfectly suits a band whose music combines lethal heaviness with deceptive melodic beauty.
Hailing from the Basque town of Laudio, Amankomun unleashes death-thrash metal with lyrics rooted in Basque cultural identity. Formed in 2019, they channel the region's fierce independent spirit into a volatile mix of extreme metal aggression.
Amarantine weaves together black metal, death metal, and gothic metal from Helsinki since 2012, creating a sound as enduring as their eternal-sounding name. Their triple-genre fusion reflects a band comfortable navigating the full spectrum of extreme and atmospheric metal.
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