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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Ashes of Reason delivers heavy metal from the Black Country town of Dudley since 2025, their philosophical-destruction name reflecting the burning away of logic in favor of pure metal feeling. Their West Midlands origins connect them to the heartland of British heavy metal.
Ashes of the Skull merges thrash and heavy metal from İzmir as of 2026. Their cranial-remnant name drives compositions of bone-grinding intensity from Turkey's Aegean coast.
Pittsburgh NWOTHM band carrying the Steel City's heavy metal banner with classic riffs and anthemic energy, adding to Western Pennsylvania's deep metal heritage.
Ashra plays heavy metal from Valladolid in Castile and León since 1995, making them one of the region's longest-running metal acts with three decades of activity. Their persistence from the historical capital of Spain has produced a substantial legacy in the Castilian metal underground.
Asmodina is a heavy metal band from Darmstadt, Germany, formed in 2020, delivering traditional heavy metal rooted in the genre's classic riff-driven approach. The band contributes to the Hessian heavy metal scene with their straightforward, powerful sound.
Harrogate's Asomvel are unrepentant Motorhead worshippers who blast out high-octane speed metal with punk attitude and a take-no-prisoners stage presence. Founded in 1993, the band overcame tragedy when frontman Jay-Jay Winter was killed in a 2010 road accident, continuing in his honour with albums like 'Kamikaze' and 'World Shaker' that earned them a devoted global following.
A heavy metal band from Kostelec nad Orlicí in the Hradec Králové Region, Aspect operate within the Czech traditional metal underground. Their Bandcamp URL resolves to an unrelated electronic/ambient project, and specific release information for this Czech act was not verifiable through available sources.
Asper is a heavy metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, active since 2018 in one of Brazil's most established regional metal scenes. Porto Alegre has long been a hub for traditional and extreme metal in southern Brazil, and Asper operates within that tradition as an independent act.
Asperity explores progressive heavy metal from Sala in Västmanland since 2024. Their roughness-named project brings textural complexity to progressive compositions from this historic Swedish silver-mining town.
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