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Autopsium delivers thrash and death metal from Istanbul since 1989, over three decades of activity making them one of Turkey's earliest and longest-running extreme metal acts. Their forensic-examination name has guided pioneering work in the Turkish underground.
Autopsya thrashes from Loures in the Lisbon district since 2013. Their forensic-examination name drives a decade of anatomically precise thrash from this northern Lisbon suburb.
Avaken is a power/thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2020 and part of the northeast's small but growing heavy metal underground. They combine the melodic ambition of power metal with thrash metal's velocity and aggression, an approach that connects them to Brazil's long tradition of technically sharp, high-energy metal.
Avalanched thrashes from Västerås since 2023. Their past-tense natural-disaster name drives compositions of overwhelming velocity from this Västmanland lake city.
Decatur, Illinois thrash metal project with six releases since 2012. Black Waltz and Feathers & Flesh deliver theatrical, riff-driven metal from central Illinois, building a substantial catalog from the heartland.
Avator is a heavy metal band with thrash elements from Germering near Munich, Germany, active since 1998, delivering over two decades of aggressive, riff-driven metal. The band represents the enduring vitality of the Bavarian heavy metal scene.
Speed/thrash metal act that migrated from San Jose to Las Vegas. Two releases since 2012 including On Slaying Grounds deliver relentless, classic-influenced thrash that fits naturally in both the Bay Area and desert metal traditions.
Aversion is a thrash metal band from Coyhaique, in Chile's Patagonian Aysén region, signed to the Chilean label Rawforce Productions. Their debut full-length Chaotic Dreams (2015), recorded in Coyhaique in October 2012 and mastered at DMG Studio, blends early Scandinavian black metal aggression with driving thrash riffing.
Aversion is a thrash metal band from Coyhaique, in Chile's Patagonian Aysén region, signed to the Chilean label Rawforce Productions. Their debut full-length Chaotic Dreams (2015), recorded in Coyhaique in October 2012 and mastered at DMG Studio, blends early Scandinavian black metal aggression with driving thrash riffing.
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