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Alasteth is a black metal band from the Solingen and Essen area of Germany, formed in 2019, channeling the cold aggression and atmospheric darkness characteristic of the German black metal underground. The band maintains a low profile consistent with the genre's tradition of obscurity.
A black metal band from Mons formed in 2003 by the pseudonymous WxTen, with an approach that grafts thrash, death, and crust punk influences onto a raw black metal foundation, citing Watain, Darkthrone, and Mgla as touchstones. The band has shared stages with Cirith Gorgor, Bestial Mockery, and Nocturnal Depression, and released the EP Ascension of Rage among other recordings.
Alastis was a Swiss extreme metal band formed in Sion, Valais in 1987 under the name Fourth Reich, shifting to black metal and adopting the name Alastis — derived from Alastor, the executioner of hell — in 1989. The band evolved across their career from raw black metal toward gothic and industrial-inflected extreme metal, releasing albums including The Just Law, ...And Death Smiled (1995), and Unity (2001), drawing comparisons to fellow Swiss act Samael. They disbanded in the early 2000s after a run of five studio albums.
Alastor is a thrash metal band from Hemet, California. With three releases between 2017 and 2021, including the full-length "Onwards and Downwards," the band plays aggressive thrash from the Inland Empire.
Alastria brings power and symphonic metal from the cathedral city of Canterbury since 2016, channeling Kent's medieval heritage into epic, orchestrally-enriched compositions. Their approach brings the grandeur of Canterbury's history to the metal stage.
Alator has channeled folk metal from Milan since 2001, making them one of Italy's longest-running practitioners of the style. Named after a Celtic deity associated with hunting, their two-decade body of work draws from pre-Roman traditions filtered through Lombard metal sensibilities.
Alatyr was a black and pagan metal band from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 1997 with themes of nature, homeland, and atavism. Now split up, the band released the demo "Agoj" (1999) and drew from Slavic folk traditions to craft an early example of Belarusian pagan metal.
La Cienega, New Mexico death metal project. The surgical name channels medical horror from a tiny village in the Land of Enchantment.
Alavena are a crossover metal band from the Santiago area of Chile, formed in 2013, who blend thrash, speed, death metal, and hardcore influences. Their debut album It Started Here was released on February 1, 2013 through Australis Records, comprising 12 tracks that include both Spanish- and English-language songs such as "Beer Money," "El Terrible," and "Muerto en Dolor." The record is one of the early entries in Chile's crossover thrash scene of that era.
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