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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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AfterShock is a thrash metal band with roots in Honolulu, Hawaii, later based in San Francisco. Their 2020 full-length "RiSk - High-Risk Behavior" brings an island-to-mainland thrash metal attack across eleven tracks.
Afterworld delivers power metal from Oulu since 2023, bringing epic melodic metal to Finland's northern reaches. Their otherworldly name matches the escapist grandeur that power metal promises.
Agaroth is a heavy and power metal band from Miguelturra in Ciudad Real province, Spain, formed in 2015, delivering traditional power and heavy metal from the heart of Castilla-La Mancha. The band brings the genre's melodic power and driving energy to the central Spanish plains.
Rochester, New York power metal project. Epic metal emerging from the twilight of Western New York.
Minneapolis NWOTHM and power metal project. Immortal combat rendered in classic metal from the Twin Cities.
Agressor is a heavy and power metal band from New York City. With four releases between 2018 and 2021 — including the full-lengths "Medieval Rites" and "Neverending Destiny" — the band plays classic-styled power metal with an epic, medieval flair.
Ahrcana has played power metal from Milan since 2003, making them one of the longer-running power metal acts in Lombardy. Over two decades, they have maintained the genre's trademark combination of soaring vocals and galloping riffwork.
Aina is a German symphonic power metal project active since 2015, blending orchestral arrangements with heavy metal power and vocal grandeur. Not to be confused with the Ukrainian electronica act of the same name, this project channels the epic traditions of European symphonic metal.
Aion-6 creates melodic groove and power metal from Moscow since 2020. Their alphanumeric name — combining the Greek concept of an age with a number — drives compositions that blend rhythmic aggression with power metal melody.
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