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Where Fear And Weapons Meet (2021)
Featured Grindcore Album
Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Featured Doom Metal Album
Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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London's AXS deliver straightforward heavy metal built on catchy riffs, driving rhythms, and powerful vocal melodies. Since 2010, they've maintained a commitment to the fundamentals of the genre without unnecessary embellishment.
Axton plays heavy metal from Lecco on the shores of Lake Como since 2017. From this dramatically positioned Lombard town beneath the Grigne mountains, they deliver classic heavy metal with the solidity their blunt name suggests.
Axxed is a heavy, speed, and thrash metal band from Mosbach in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, combining the velocity of speed metal with thrash's aggressive precision and heavy metal's classic power. The band delivers a triple-genre assault from the Odenwald region of northern Baden.
Axxis is a melodic heavy and power metal band from Dortmund, Germany, one of the veteran acts in the German power metal scene with a career stretching back to the late 1980s. The band has built an extensive catalog of anthemic, melodic power metal that has earned them a loyal following across Europe and beyond.
Axxon is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2012, merging the structural complexity of progressive metal with power metal's melodic grandeur. The band brings ambitious, genre-crossing metal to one of Germany's northernmost and most remote regions.
Aygghon delivers heavy metal and thrash metal from the Gascon town of Auch starting in 2026, representing the absolute newest wave of metal from France's rural southwest. Their arrival brings fresh energy to the Gers department's nascent metal scene.
Azel delivers heavy metal and thrash metal from the Loire Valley city of Tours since 2015, channeling a decade of dual-genre intensity from the heart of château country. Their sound brings aggressive urgency to one of France's most culturally refined cities.
Azimuth plays heavy and power metal from East Siberia since 2017. Their navigational name drives directional compositions of classic metal from one of Russia's most remote regions.
Omis' Azog deliver traditional heavy metal from a small Dalmatian town nestled where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic, their Tolkien-derived name (the pale orc) signalling a love of epic fantasy. Since 2018, they've brought classic metal spirit to one of Croatia's most scenic locations.
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