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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Crushing Technical / Avant-garde Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.
Amzera delivers death and thrash metal from the Breton town of Saint-Brieuc since 2015, bringing extreme aggression to the Côtes-d'Armor. Their approach channels Brittany's fierce maritime character into volatile, high-velocity metal.
An Abstract Illusion has earned international critical acclaim for their atmospheric and progressive death metal from Boden in Norrbotten since 2014. Their cerebral name matches the intellectually ambitious compositions that have placed this remote Arctic military-garrison town on the global extreme metal map.
An Act of Grace is a deathcore band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2014, whose releases include the full-length Path to Immortality and the single The Black Heart, which previewed their planned album The Great Mythunderstanding. The band incorporates djent and progressive metal influences into their melodic deathcore foundation, adding technical depth to the genre's characteristic brutality.
An Empire Will Fall delivers death metal and deathcore from Nottingham since 2013, their prophetic name promising the collapse their sound precipitates. Over a decade of East Midlands extremity reflects sustained commitment.
Seattle death metal project whose name tells you everything about their approach — maximum detonation, no subtlety required. A blast of pure extremity from the Emerald City's underground.
An-Al Gore merges grindcore with death and black metal from Brescia since 2013, their provocatively named project bringing chaotic extremity to the Lombard industrial city. Their multi-genre approach throws stylistic convention into the blender with gleeful abandon.
An[om]aly delivers brutal death metal from Paris since 2014, their creatively punctuated name signaling a band that approaches the genre with unconventional flair. Their sound brings technical precision to the French capital's extreme metal landscape.
A death metal and grindcore band from Komořany in the Czech Republic, Anaalia operate within the country's deep-rooted extreme underground scene. Their music channels the brutal, short-form aggression typical of Czech grindcore alongside heavier death metal structures.
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