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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Kansas City metalcore act channeling left-hand-path themes through aggressive breakdowns and heavy riffs, contributing to Missouri's underrated heavy music community.
Norwich metalcore outfit Athena bring melodic sensibility to aggressive, breakdown-heavy compositions, balancing clean vocal passages with harsh screams and technical guitarwork. Active since 2015, they represent the enduring vitality of the UK's metalcore scene.
Athenesi delivers melodic groove and thrash metal with metalcore influences from Bergamo since 2022. Their Greek-inflected name — suggestive of Athena or Athens — brings classical resonance to their modern Lombard sound.
Atlantis Chronicles merges death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore from Paris since 2009, crafting conceptual albums inspired by the myth of the sunken continent. Over fifteen years of activity have established them as one of the French capital's most narratively ambitious extreme acts.
Atotaho delivers metalcore from the small Cantabrian town of El Astillero since 2016, proving that heavy music thrives even in Spain's most compact coastal communities. Their sound connects the region's DIY punk tradition with modern metal's heaviest tendencies.
Kent metalcore act Atravion combine aggressive breakdowns with melodic guitar leads, building songs that shift between furious intensity and atmospheric passages. Active since 2012, they contribute to the UK's thriving metalcore underground.
Atria was a thrash metal and metalcore band from Maricá, Rio de Janeiro state, formed in 2020 and short-lived. Blending the riff aggression of thrash with metalcore's structured heaviness, the band were part of the broader metal underground in the greater Rio de Janeiro region before disbanding.
Atrocitus is a thrash and metalcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, one of the more active names in the city's underground metal scene. Drawing on aggressive thrash structures alongside metalcore dynamics, the three-piece — featuring Huan Cruz on vocals and bass, Geert Giullian Strijker on guitar, and Pettrus on drums — has released singles such as "Veneno" and "Repulsa" and built a following through energetic live shows across the Paraná metal circuit.
Atropas are a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Zürich, Switzerland, formed in 2011 by guitarists Mahmoud Kattan and Philipp Tudor. Signed worldwide to Wormholedeath Records, the band released their debut "Azrael" in 2013 followed by "Episodes of Solitude," "From Ashes," and "Black Gold," sharing stages with Nile, Skindred, and Dreamshade across their career.
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