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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Alcoholic Alliance Disciples have practiced southern metal from Cagliari since 2009, bringing a Sardinian interpretation of American-influenced whiskey-soaked heaviness. Their party-hearty identity translates into riff-heavy, groove-laden music built for maximum volume.
Alcstones plays speed and heavy metal with hard rock influences from Verona since 2023. Their name, a portmanteau suggesting alchemical stones, drives a sound rooted in the classic traditions of metal's most foundational subgenres.
Alcyon merges heavy and progressive metal from the Pyrenean town of Tarbes since 2018, channeling the mountainous grandeur of the Hautes-Pyrénées into ambitious compositions. Their mythological name, referencing the halcyon bird, evokes a calm that belies their sonic weight.
Aleacion was a heavy metal band from San Juan, Argentina, active through the 1990s under the name Cromagnon before adopting the Aleacion name. The band released the EP "El combatiente" in 1995 and documented their live performances on the 1996 release "Vivos en el Auditorio Juan Victoria".
Aleera plays heavy metal from Zaporizhia since 2021. Named after one of Dracula's brides in the Van Helsing film, they bring vampiric theatricality to heavy metal from this Dnieper River industrial city.
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.
Alex Masi is a Venetian-born neoclassical shred and fusion guitarist who has operated since 1989, building a career that spans nearly four decades of technically virtuosic guitar work. His classical training and jazz fusion sensibilities place him among Italy's most accomplished instrumental metal and rock artists.
Alex Nunziati pursues heavy metal and thrash metal as a solo endeavor from Rome since 2021. Drawing from the deep well of classic metal tradition, this Roman solo project channels decades of influence into new compositions.
Alhemia delivers heavy metal from Belgrade since 2019. Their alchemical-sounding name drives straightforward heavy metal from the Serbian capital's growing traditional metal community.
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