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A Brazilian thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2012, with limited documentation outside of the Metal Archives listing. Their sound sits within the tradition of direct, riff-driven Brazilian heavy and thrash metal, carrying on the style that defined the country's underground metal circuit through the 1980s and 1990s.
Ataria plays heavy metal and hard rock from Zalău in Sălaj County since 1997. Nearly three decades from this northwestern Transylvanian town have produced one of the region's most enduring traditional metal acts.
Pittsgrove/Elmer, New Jersey progressive metal project with ten releases since 2023. Behind Jupiter Clouds and subsequent EPs build a rapidly expanding catalog of ambitious prog from the Garden State's rural Salem County.
Athos is a heavy metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 2022 and currently active. Part of a thriving underground metal scene in Brazil's northeast, the band plays traditional heavy metal rooted in the classic sounds of the genre.
Atila from Castellón de la Plana is one of Spain's most venerable heavy and power metal acts, with roots stretching back to 1975 during the earliest days of the Spanish metal scene. Their decades-spanning career makes them contemporaries of the genre's founding acts.
Atila is a heavy metal band from Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, considered one of the pioneering metal acts of the province. The band — built around vocalist Sergio Toledo, guitarist Javier Duarte, and bassist Cristian Guaglianone — released their debut album Azote de Dios in 2017, followed by a second record, Mal Negocio, blending classic heavy metal with updated material spanning two decades of the band's history.
Atlantean Kodex is an epic heavy and doom metal band from Vilseck in Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2006, widely regarded as one of the finest purveyors of epic heavy metal in the modern era. Their albums The Golden Bough, The White Goddess, and the 2022 opus The Course of Empire deliver lengthy, atmospheric compositions drawing on mythology, history, and classical elements, with tracks regularly exceeding eight to ten minutes in their cinematic scope.
Atlantis is a traditional heavy metal band from Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2007 and signed to Classic Metal Records. Drawing on New Wave of Old Heavy Metal influences, the trio — Tino Barth, Bruno Eggert, and Fellipe França — explore occult and mythological themes across albums including their self-titled 2020 record, "Power in Our Hands" (2023), and "Volume II" (2025).
Orlando, Florida melodic death metal project whose 2022 debut grieving and growing up uses lowercase honesty to strip melodeath down to its emotional core. A coming-of-age album rendered in dual harmonies.
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