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Alienist is a technical death metal band from Buenos Aires formed in 2025, featuring guitarists Agustín Orzabal and Enzo Mauas alongside bassist Guido Benvenuti, vocalist Alex Labarba, and drummer Gerardo Herrera. Their debut EP "Introspectio, Sui Exitium", released in October 2025, is a six-track, 28-minute self-released work drawing comparisons to neoclassical tech-death acts for its fretless bass, dense twin-guitar harmonies, and Latin-titled compositions.
Aliens is a heavy metal band from Lorrach, Germany, formed in 2019, operating along the southwestern border region near Switzerland and France. The band plays straightforward heavy metal rooted in the classic German tradition of the genre.
Tracy, California deathcore project named after Dante. The Divine Comedy rendered in breakdowns from the San Joaquin Valley.
Alight creates electronic symphonic metal from Bolzano, the bilingual capital of South Tyrol where German and Italian cultures intersect, since 2015. Their fusion of electronic elements with symphonic metal reflects the hybrid cultural identity of their Alpine hometown.
Lexington, North Carolina black metal project named after the Inuit god of weather. Arctic mythology from the Carolina Piedmont.
San Francisco thrash metal solo project. Bay Area speed metal tradition carried forward by a single artist.
Aliore brings black metal from Nice since 2020, drawing extreme music from the Côte d'Azur's glamorous coastline. Their Latin-derived name, suggesting "elsewhere" or "otherness," captures the transportive quality of their atmospheric compositions.
Chicago death metal project named after a star in the Big Dipper. Stellar extremity from the Windy City.
Aliquid is a progressive/power metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, formed in 2011 and active in the northeastern Brazilian underground metal scene. Playing in a genre dominated by bands from the south and southeast, Aliquid brings melodic progressive metal with power metal dynamics to a region less commonly represented in Brazilian metal discourse. The band is unsigned and independent, releasing music through Bandcamp.
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