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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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After Dark is a heavy metal band from Sacramento, California that blends classic metal with punk energy. Their full-length "New Dawn Rising" (2021) and its 2024 expanded edition showcase a band rooted in the raw, no-frills intersection of metal and punk.
Afterbirth is a progressive brutal death metal band from Long Island, New York. Active since the early 2010s, the band has built a cult following with releases like "Brutal Inception" and the 2023 full-length "In But Not Of," pushing brutal death metal into genuinely progressive territory with complex structures and unpredictable songwriting.
Afterglo is a heavy metal band from San Antonio, Texas. Their 2016 full-length "The Afterglows" delivers twelve tracks of classic heavy metal from the Alamo City.
Aftershok is a heavy metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their 2002 full-length "UNFINISHED BUSINESS" is a ten-track statement of classic heavy metal from the Steel City, a document of the early-2000s underground metal scene.
Agartha is a black metal project from Nashville, Tennessee. With four releases between 2015 and 2019, the project explores experimental territory under the banner of black metal, drawing its name from the legendary subterranean civilization of occult mythology.
AGE is a heavy metal and rock band from San Jose, California. Exceptionally prolific since 2022, the band has released fourteen records in three years, including multiple full-lengths and EPs that range across hard rock and traditional heavy metal territory.
Age of Despair is a melodic thrash and heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Their 2024 EP "Merciless World" delivers four tracks of melodic thrash with an old-school heavy metal backbone.
Scottsdale, Arizona NWOTHM project. Classic heavy metal from one of the Valley of the Sun's most affluent suburbs.
Minneapolis NWOTHM and power metal project. Immortal combat rendered in classic metal from the Twin Cities.
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