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Agony is a crossover band from New Bedford, Massachusetts with a surprisingly deep catalog of ten releases spanning 2010 to 2020. The band's output includes everything from singles clubs to full-lengths like "Big Cinnamon," reflecting the eclectic DIY energy of the southeastern Massachusetts punk and metal scene.
Agony and Scream delivers brutal death metal from Hainburg in Hesse since 2010. Their visceral, pain-announcing name leaves no ambiguity about the physical intensity of their sonic assault.
Charlotte, North Carolina black metal project. The name paints a canyon of suffering in the Queen City's underground.
Austin, Texas NWOTHM project named after the newspaper advice section. Classic metal from the Live Music Capital.
Raleigh, North Carolina death metal project. Sacred suffering channeled through extremity from the Research Triangle.
Agony Face has delivered technical death metal from Milan since 2007, nearly two decades of activity producing a body of technically demanding, brutally precise work. Their visceral name captures the contorted intensity that their Lombard technical death metal induces.
Agony Forge is a thrash/power metal and melodic death metal band from Madison, Wisconsin. Their 2021 EP "The Sleepy Sessions" offers a brief but energetic glimpse of the band's genre-crossing approach.
Black metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, formed in 2008 and still active. Their lyrical focus centers on war and blasphemy, rooted firmly in the raw, anti-religious spirit of the Brazilian black metal underground, and they have released material through Alcatéia Distro.
Agony Reigns is a thrash metal and metalcore band from the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area of Minnesota. Their 2017 "Powerhouse Demo" captures the raw early energy of a Twin Cities crossover act.
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