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People Watching (2024)
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L'Enfant Sauvage (Special Edition) (2012)
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The Necrotic Manifesto (Bonus Tracks Edition) (2023)
11/14 @ The Majestic Ventura Theater, Ventura
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Among the Shadows (2024)
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Aedan Sky delivers power metal from the French underground since 2021, reaching for celestial heights with soaring melodies and epic arrangements. Their name evokes a vast, open sky that mirrors the expansive scope of their sound.
Aedera Obscura has crafted symphonic black metal from Milan since 2007, pairing orchestral arrangements with extreme metal's raw hostility. Their Latin name, meaning roughly 'dark burning,' captures the paradox of beauty and destruction in their nearly two-decade body of work.
Aedes delivers death metal from Helsinki since 2020, named after the mosquito genus that carries disease, an apt metaphor for the infectious brutality they spread. Their clinical approach to death metal reflects Helsinki's deep reservoir of extreme metal talent.
Aedra is an atmospheric sludge and post-metal power trio from Aalborg, Denmark, formed in 2008, whose releases Somatopagnosia and No End / Open End deliver powerful electrified cascades of heaviness and subtlety. The band describes their sound as a tornado of flowers and rusty nails, blending organic elements with high-tech textures in the post-Isis tradition of atmospheric heavy music.
Aedre is a black metal project from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their 2024 EP "Thorn" is a four-track introduction that stakes out territory in the Ohio black metal underground.
Aedroth fuses black and death metal from the remote Provençal village of Bargemon since 2017, channeling the wild beauty of the Var hinterland into extreme metal. Their sound draws from the isolation of one of southeastern France's most rural communities.
Aedy plays Celtic folk metal from Aosta, the Alpine valley town at the foot of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, since 2013. Their location in Italy's smallest and most mountainous region provides a natural connection to the Celtic heritage they channel through their music.
Aegaeon is an atmospheric deathcore band from Evansville, Indiana. Their 2018 full-length "Age" pushes deathcore into spacious, atmospheric territory across eleven tracks, incorporating ambient elements and progressive dynamics that set them apart from the genre's more formulaic acts.
Aegeon channels black metal from Helsinki since 2014, named for the mythological giant of Greek legend. The project contributes to the Finnish capital's vast black metal underground with compositions that carry the weight of ancient mythology.
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