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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Astral Warrior delivers heavy and power metal from Barcelona since 2020. Their cosmic-combatant name drives compositions that merge the starbound ambition of their name with the classic traditions of European power metal.
Astras plays heavy metal from Rosignano Marittimo on the Livorno coast since 2009. From the Tuscan seaside, they have spent over fifteen years forging traditional heavy metal with the salty resilience of their Tyrrhenian setting.
Astronomikon are a power/heavy metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2008, featuring several members drawn from the Cypriot power metal institution Arrayan Path, including bassist Paris Lambrou and vocalist Nicholas Leptos. Their debut album, released on Pure Legend Records, is a concept record about the myth of Perseus and Medusa, blending American and European power metal styles with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Astucia delivers heavy metal from Madrid since 2024, bringing sharp-witted energy to the capital's traditional metal scene. Their name, meaning "cunning" in Spanish, hints at a band with something clever up their sleeve.
At F1rst channels melodic heavy, groove metal, and metalcore from Saint Petersburg since 2016. Their numerically augmented name — 'at first' with a formula-one flair — drives a decade of genre-blending from the northern capital.
Atalaya crafts heavy metal from the ancient port city of Cádiz since 2018, standing as a watchtower of traditional metal in Andalusia's southernmost reaches. Named for the lookout towers that dot the Cádiz coastline, their sound surveys the full horizon of classic heavy metal.
A Brazilian thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2012, with limited documentation outside of the Metal Archives listing. Their sound sits within the tradition of direct, riff-driven Brazilian heavy and thrash metal, carrying on the style that defined the country's underground metal circuit through the 1980s and 1990s.
Ataria plays heavy metal and hard rock from Zalău in Sălaj County since 1997. Nearly three decades from this northwestern Transylvanian town have produced one of the region's most enduring traditional metal acts.
Pittsgrove/Elmer, New Jersey progressive metal project with ten releases since 2023. Behind Jupiter Clouds and subsequent EPs build a rapidly expanding catalog of ambitious prog from the Garden State's rural Salem County.
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