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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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After Taste creates doom and gothic metal with rock influences from the Netherlands since 2010. Their sensory name suggests lingering impressions, which their darkly melodic compositions leave through careful balancing of heaviness and atmosphere.
After the Abduction merges death and progressive metal from Manchester since 2016, their alien-encounter name hinting at the otherworldly dimensions their compositions explore. Their approach brings both brutality and cerebral complexity to the northern English metal scene.
Minneapolis/Saint Paul djent and deathcore pioneers. One of the most influential bands in modern progressive extreme metal, helping define the djent movement from the Twin Cities.
After the Funeral is a deathcore band from Pennsylvania. Their 2025 single "November, first" marks the project's first statement of intent in the modern deathcore landscape.
After the Last Sky fuses death metal, grindcore, and metalcore from Stoke-on-Trent since 2011, creating a volatile triple-genre hybrid from the Potteries. Over a decade of extreme crossover speaks to the Staffordshire underground's vitality.
After the Plague creates death metal from Savona on the Ligurian coast since 2014. Their pestilential name evokes medieval devastation, which they translate into modern musical destruction from this Riviera port city.
After the Storm is a symphonic metal band from Pensacola, Florida. The band has released their single "Untitled." Their sound layers orchestral grandeur over a foundation of extreme metal.
After the Sun is a metalcore band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Their 2019 EP "The Demise" brings heavy music to one of the least-represented states in the American metal underground.
After This Day is a death metal band from Denver, Colorado. Their 2023 full-length "Smoke Fire Mayhem" delivers eight tracks of aggressive death metal from the Mile High City.
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