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A Ghost Named Alice are a power and progressive metal outfit from Zell am See, Austria, blending melodic guitar work with a theatrical, driving energy. Their 2018 album It Feels Like Suicide and the 2021 follow-up A Room for My Enemies show a band navigating the tension between soaring hooks and heavier progressive textures, with the track 'Wolfchant' drawing the most attention.
A Patient Weapon is a progressive power metal band from Antioch, California. In 2024, the band released both an EP and a full-length debut "What Makes a Blade," arriving fully formed with soaring melodies and precision musicianship.
A Berlin-based power/death metal band active from 2010 to 2015, A Pocket Sized Sun took their name from a Tiamat song and applied it to music that deliberately avoided conventional song structures in favor of melodic development and variation. Their sole release, the Fallout EP, mixed melodic death metal riffing with power metal sensibility and was mixed and mastered at Winter Solitude Studios.
A Sound of Thunder is a heavy and power metal band from Washington, D.C. With six full-lengths and an EP released between 2012 and 2022, the band has established themselves as one of the East Coast's most prolific and consistent power metal acts, led by vocalist Nina Osegueda's commanding range.
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A power metal and thrash metal band from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, A.C.E. formed in 2019 and channel the twin-guitar attack and anthemic energy of classic European power metal alongside thrash aggression. The project remains an active force in the northern German metal underground.
A.Y.M delivers heavy and power metal from Växjö in Småland as of 2025. From the lakeside city of this forested southern Swedish province, they bring classic metal energy.
Aavah was a gothic/power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2005 until their eventual split-up. The band blended melodic power metal with gothic atmosphere and Christian lyrical themes, releasing the EP A Night in the Wild Garden in 2006 and the single Endless Ocean in 2008. Their lineup featured vocalist Paula Kel alongside a full ensemble recorded through Kidman Estúdio.
Abdiel HL is a Mexico City-based solo heavy/power metal project in which the artist handles vocals and all instruments, creating Spanish-language metal that draws on Mexican themes. The project has released albums Novohispano and Mictlán, both available digitally through Bandcamp.
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