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Adonis is a speed and thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their sound nods to the classic speed metal revival while incorporating modern production sensibilities, drawing from LA's rich tradition of high-velocity metal.
Adora is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Irvine, California that has been steadily building a body of work since their earliest demos in the mid-2010s. With two full-lengths — "...of Serpentine Forces" and "Ophidian Kult" — alongside EPs, demos, and a split, the band has refined a serpent-themed aesthetic married to tight melodic death metal riffing with metalcore intensity.
Adrienne is a metalcore band from Massachusetts. With a self-titled EP in 2021 and "Summer's Beginning" in 2023, the band plays emotionally charged metalcore that draws from the rich hardcore and metal traditions of the New England scene.
Casper, Wyoming metalcore project. The name's cautionary tone adds irony to aggressive music from the Cowboy State.
AeSect has delivered metalcore from Dublin since 2013, building a reputation through Ireland's active hardcore and metal crossover circuit. Their decade-plus tenure has seen them develop from the Irish capital's DIY venues into a mainstay of the national heavy music landscape.
Aether is a melodic metalcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Active since 2013, the band has released two full-lengths — "One Chosen by the Gods" and "Tarot" — blending melodic guitar work with the heavy breakdowns and emotional intensity of modern metalcore.
Affective Insanity are a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Mainz, Germany, active since 2014, with releases including the album Post Mortem. Operating from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital, they blend death metal aggression with metalcore dynamics and melodic sensibility.
Afflitus is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the Bronx, New York City. Their 2005 EP "Promises You Can't Keep" packs ten tracks into a single release, blending the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with the urgency of New York hardcore.
After the Last Sky fuses death metal, grindcore, and metalcore from Stoke-on-Trent since 2011, creating a volatile triple-genre hybrid from the Potteries. Over a decade of extreme crossover speaks to the Staffordshire underground's vitality.
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