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Athemesis is a symphonic metal band from Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, active since 2009. The band released their debut full-length, "El Diario de Rozen Krov - Remembranzas," in 2021, following a series of EPs and singles dating back to their 2010 demo "Sinfonía para la noche." Their music explores themes of existentialism, romance, religion, and death, with a lineup that has grown to include dual vocals, keyboards, and lead guitar.
Atheris is a progressive and symphonic metal project from Buenos Aires led by Julian Muller, released through the Amniote Editions label and known for conceptually linked releases including ZRS-1: Instant Molting 1.0 and ZRS-2: Instant Molting 2.0 in 2019, followed by the Maculata EP in 2022. The project takes its name from a genus of venomous bush vipers, with track and album titles drawn from herpetology, underscoring a distinctive conceptual identity.
Atmosfairy channels gothic and symphonic metal from Bordeaux since 2018, their whimsical name combining atmosphere with fairy-tale wonder. Their approach brings enchanted darkness to the Gironde capital's metal scene.
Atmosphera Post Mortem merges black metal's intensity with symphonic metal's grandeur from Córdoba since 2019. Their name promises exactly what they deliver: post-mortem atmospheres rendered through sweeping compositions and extreme metal fury.
Atriell was a symphonic metal band from Varna, Bulgaria, formed in 2016 and signed to Amadea Music before splitting up. They brought orchestral arrangements and melodic metal songwriting to Varna's small but active extreme metal scene.
Atritas were a symphonic black metal band from Basel, Switzerland, active from 1997 to 2014, releasing their material through CCP Records. Their three studio albums — "Where Witches Burnt" (2004), "Medium Antigod" (2007), and "Celestial Decay" (2009) — combined Satanic and anti-Christian lyrical themes with the orchestral grandeur typical of the late-1990s Scandinavian symphonic black metal wave.
Torrington, Connecticut grindcore project with thirteen releases since 2004. Two decades and counting of pulverizing extremity make them one of New England's most enduring and prolific grind acts, their catalog spanning full-lengths, compilations, and everything between.
Atrorium is a symphonic metal band from Teresina, Piauí, formed in 2018, representing an outlier in Brazil's northeast metal scene by pairing orchestral arrangements with heavy guitar work. The lineup features vocalist Camila Morais, keyboardist Cassio Carvalho, and guitarist Flavio Anderson, and the band operates independently in a region with relatively limited metal infrastructure.
Attila Heller creates symphonic and heavy metal from Belgrade since 2023. Named for a Hungarian historical figure, they bring Central European grandeur to orchestrally enhanced metal from the Serbian capital.
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