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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Avangard explores progressive and technical death metal from Irkutsk as of 2025. Their Russian spelling of 'avant-garde' drives technically ambitious compositions from the gateway city to Lake Baikal.
Los Angeles progressive power metal project whose 2013 self-titled EP lives up to the punning name — forward-thinking metal that guards the avant-garde tradition. Cerebral heaviness from the entertainment capital.
Avem are a Vienna-based progressive metal project whose music demonstrates an interest in dynamic contrast, layered arrangements, and a melodic sensibility that leans toward the progressive rock side of the spectrum. Their material channels an introspective energy into well-structured compositions that reward close listening over repeated plays.
Avenie merges death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal from Tampere since 2019, creating a three-pronged approach that showcases the breadth of Finnish extreme metal. Their sound channels Tampere's reputation as one of Finland's most musically ambitious cities.
Averse has explored progressive black metal from Lille in northern France since 2007, pushing the boundaries of the genre through nearly two decades of compositional experimentation. Their contrarian name captures the spirit of opposition that drives their unconventional approach.
Avgmentor is a self-described 'retrofuturistic metal' band from Nuremberg, Germany, formed in 2021, whose releases include the self-titled album, Infinite Skies, and tracks like Hyperdrive and New Horizons. The band's retrofuturistic concept merges science fiction aesthetics with progressive metal musicianship.
Avidya Yax explores progressive metal from Cantabria since 2022, bringing a meditative dimension suggested by their Sanskrit-influenced name. Their approach infuses the genre's technical complexity with philosophical depth.
Avowal is a progressive black and death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2019, whose 2020 EP Transformation delivers three tracks of intensely dissonant metal described as stankface-inducing ugliness. The band is equally known for their handcrafted physical releases, including custom USB boxes containing hourglasses filled with dried blood, released through Total Dissonance Worship.
Avsky explores progressive doom metal from Jakobsberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area since 2006. Their Swedish name meaning 'disgust' drives two decades of patient, elaborately constructed compositions from the western suburbs.
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