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Agrimonia has delivered sludge, post-metal, and crust from Gothenburg since 2013. Named after the agrimony plant used in folk medicine, they channel herbal bitterness through crushing, socially conscious heaviness from Sweden's west coast.
Agrinex is a black metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Their 2016 full-length "Forsaken Ancestral Blood" delivers eight tracks of black metal from the heartland, one of the genre's least expected geographic strongholds.
Newington, Connecticut industrial and progressive metal project. The occultist philosopher's name paired with a year for boundary-crossing heaviness.
Grindcore band from Paraíba formed in 2024, self-described as inspired by 'eardrum-destroying' grind acts. In their short existence they have already released a split with Abissal and contributed to the Incorruptible Project split, playing unpolished, raw grindcore in the vein of classic old-school grind.
Agrona channels black metal from the Welsh capital of Cardiff since 2017, named after the Celtic goddess of slaughter. Their mythological Welsh inspiration feeds a sound steeped in the darkest traditions of Celtic warfare.
Agrophobia merges crossover and thrash metal from Latina, the Pontine Marshes city south of Rome, since 2017. Their name — a play on the fear of open spaces — contrasts with the wide-open aggression of their punk-infused thrash.
Agroterrorism is a death metal and grindcore band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2017 and active in the city's extreme underground scene. The band has self-released a series of EPs titled Tentacle, Muzzle, and Tusk, each maintaining the brutal and concise format typical of the grindcore genre. Their output reflects the raw, caustic energy that characterizes Argentina's death-grind underground.
Agroth creates death metal from Luleå on the Gulf of Bothnia since 2018. From this Norrbotten steel-industry city near the Arctic Circle, they forge death metal tempered by subarctic cold.
Agruss channels atmospheric post-black, death, and sludge metal from Rivne in northwestern Ukraine since 2012. Their multi-genre approach draws from the vast forests and marshlands of the Volhynian landscape surrounding their city.
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