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A veteran of Santander's metal scene since 2002, Airare Nuf blends classic Spanish heavy metal influences like Barón Rojo and Ángeles del Infierno with modern heaviness. Their 2018 album "Muerte y Condena" earned acclaim across Spanish fanzines and underground radio, cementing two decades of persistence in Cantabria's metal community.
Airborn forges heavy and power metal from Turin since 2016, their name evoking the soaring flight that power metal's anthemic melodies aspire to achieve. Piedmont's industrial backbone provides structural support for their sky-reaching compositions.
Airfax plays heavy metal from Ankara since 2009. Over fifteen years from the Turkish capital, they have maintained a commitment to classic heavy metal traditions in a country where the scene remains relatively small.
Airforce delivers heavy metal from London since 2021, their military-aviation name capturing the high-flying intensity of their classic metal approach. The project channels the spirit of aerial combat through traditional riffing.
Polygyros' Airheads deliver straightforward, no-frills heavy metal with the unpretentious energy of a band that plays purely for the love of the riff. Since 2015, they've brought classic metal spirit to the Halkidiki peninsula.
Airless are a heavy metal band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2002, representing over two decades of persistence in the northern German metal scene. Not to be confused with the Spanish hard rock band of the same name, this Hamburg outfit channels the classic heavy metal tradition from Germany's largest port city.
AirSpeed delivers heavy metal from Siena, the Tuscan hill city famous for its Palio horse race, since 2016. Their velocity-focused name drives a classic heavy metal sound that races through the medieval streets of their historic hometown.
Airut merges heavy and progressive metal from Jyväskylä since 2018, named after the Finnish word for "herald." Their sound announces itself with the ambition of a band bridging traditional heaviness with progressive complexity.
AISA are a heavy metal and hard rock band from Santiago formed in 2019 by Julio Soto (bassist of SteelRage and DarkSpell) alongside vocalist Eva Murgas (of Beerhalla). The band debuted with the single "Let Us Rock" in November 2019 and released their full-length album "Join Me to Metal" in 2022, a 10-track record issued on CD in a limited edition of 300 copies.
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