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Birmingham's Awake by Design craft anthemic heavy metal with soaring vocals and driving rhythms designed to fill arenas. Since 2009, they've maintained a polished, modern approach to traditional heavy metal that prioritises hooks and emotional impact.
Aweless plays heavy metal from Scandicci near Florence since 2016. Their name, meaning without awe, carries a fearless confidence that their Tuscan heavy metal delivers through straightforward riffing and powerful vocals.
Axe Crazy plays heavy metal from Lędziny in Upper Silesia since 2014. Named after an Iron Maiden track, they carry the torch of NWOBHM-inspired heavy metal from the Silesian coal country.
Axel Rudi Pell is a veteran German heavy metal and hard rock guitarist from Bochum, whose career spans over three decades and twenty-three studio albums including Into the Storm, Risen Symbol, and the 2026 release Ghost Town recorded at Blind Guardian Studios. His long-standing lineup features vocalist Johnny Gioeli, drummer Bobby Rondinelli, bassist Volker Krawczak, and keyboardist Ferdy Doernberg, with the latest album including a collaboration with Udo Dirkschneider.
Heraklion's Axeon bring classic heavy metal fire from the island of Crete, delivering riff-driven songs with a Mediterranean energy and old-school attitude. Since 2016, they've been championing traditional metal values in the Aegean.
Suffolk's Axess deliver classic heavy metal with a working-class ethos and no-nonsense attitude, drawing from the NWOBHM playbook with straightforward riffs and memorable vocal hooks. Active since 2008, they keep the flame of traditional British metal burning in East Anglia.
Axestorm attacks with heavy and thrash metal from the Catalan town of Esparreguera since 2022, combining classic riffing with modern intensity. Their name promises exactly the kind of sharp, relentless assault their music delivers.
Axewielder is a heavy metal band from Bruhl near Cologne, Germany, active since 2002, whose name declares their commitment to the guitar-driven core of heavy metal. With over two decades of activity, the band stands as a fixture of the Rhineland's heavy metal community.
Axewitch has played heavy metal from Linköping in Östergötland, originally formed in the early 1980s and reformed for renewed activity from 2019. Their occult-weapon name carries NWOBHM-era heritage through Swedish heavy metal built on classic traditions.
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