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Aequitas a Noctem is a melodic death metal band from Hastings-on-Hudson, a small village in New York's Westchester County. Their 2008 full-length "Descent Into Darkness" expanded on an earlier demo of the same name, delivering melodic death metal with a polished approach unusual for such a small-town origin.
Aequiternus creates doom and death metal from Yekaterinburg since 2008. Their Latin name meaning 'equally eternal' drives nearly two decades of patient, crushing compositions from the Ural Mountains' largest city.
Ohio black metal project whose Latin name means 'equal night' — referencing the equinox. Atmospheric extremity from the Buckeye State.
Aeraco is a heavy metal and hard rock band from Chicago. Their 2019 full-length "All or Nothing" delivers eleven tracks of no-frills, fist-pumping heavy metal in the classic tradition.
Aeraxyz blends black metal with ambient from Nesluša in the Kysuce region since 2023. Their futuristic-sounding name brings sci-fi mystique to compositions from this rural northwestern Slovak village.
A solo black metal project by Wemmel-based musician François Breulet, formed in 2020, that draws on Flemish folklore and early Scandinavian black metal in the tradition of other Belgian solo acts like Oerheks and Zwarte Dood. Their debut album Met de Drietand op mijn Huid (2022) is distinguished by an unusually prominent bass presence, followed by the atmospheric sophomore record Onzuiver (2026).
Aerecuga creates melodic death and doom metal from Zwolle in Overijssel since 2020. Their enigmatic name drives compositions that pair the melodic elegance of Scandinavian death metal with the ponderous weight of doom from the Hanseatic city.
A one-man melodic death metal project founded in early 2011 by guitarist and composer Karim Kerdoudi, drawing inspiration from Scandinavian melodic death metal. The project has released two full-lengths, Sweet Moment in Fifth Season (2013) and Alta alatis patent (2014), both self-produced and available through Bandcamp.
Aereum weaves melodic folk metal from Duisburg in the Ruhr industrial heartland since 2020. Their Latin name meaning 'of bronze' or 'airy' brings an ancient quality to folk-metal compositions from Germany's largest inland port city.
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