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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Aganthros combines black metal experimentation from Jyväskylä since 2022, pushing the genre's boundaries in central Finland. Their experimental approach reflects the adventurous spirit of Finland's inland metal communities.
Age of Strange Cults are a Vienna-based post-metal and experimental sludge band who released their self-titled full-length in April 2024, building on an earlier EP and a 2022 practice room demo. Their sound layers slow, heavy sludge foundations with post-metal dynamics and a willingness to push into abstract experimental territory.
Aghast the Light explores experimental black metal from England since 2022, their name evoking horror at the approach of illumination. Their approach pushes black metal beyond conventional boundaries into uncharted sonic territory.
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Aima channels experimental and progressive metal from Rome since 1999, a quarter-century of boundary-pushing creativity from the Italian capital. Their Greek name meaning 'blood' runs through compositions that refuse to conform to genre expectations.
Zagreb's Aite craft experimental black metal that pushes against the genre's conventional boundaries with avant-garde structures and unconventional sonic choices. Active since 2014, they represent the more adventurous end of Croatia's black metal spectrum.
Aku explores experimental and progressive groove metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2013. Their brief, punchy name — meaning 'evil' in Finnish — carries a concentrated malevolence through genre-bending compositions.
Alessandro Foddai is a solo experimental heavy and thrash metal project from Sardinia active since 2021. This one-person operation channels the island's isolation into idiosyncratic compositions that bend thrash and heavy metal into unexpected shapes.
Alkaphrah creates experimental raw black metal and ambient from Saint Petersburg since 2021. Named after a star in the Ursa Major constellation, their cosmic-lo-fi approach bridges stellar vastness with basement-level rawness.
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