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Glenwood Springs, Colorado death metal project whose 2015 debut The Chosen Slain channels mountain isolation into brutal extremity. Operating from a ski town in the Rockies, they bring death metal to one of the genre's most improbable locations.
Ancient Winds practices black metal from Visby on the island of Gotland since 2013. From within the medieval walls of this UNESCO World Heritage Viking trading post, they channel the Baltic Sea winds through over a decade of atmospheric compositions.
Ancient Wisdom has crafted atmospheric black metal from Umeå in Västerbotten since 2017. From this northern Swedish university city, they bring contemplative depth to atmospheric compositions rooted in timeless knowledge.
Ancient Wrath began in Carinthia before relocating to Vienna, releasing two albums — Darkness Upon the Face of the Depth (2008) and Hymns to the Ancients (2014) — that establish them as a raw, atmospheric black metal band with themes drawn from primordial darkness and anti-cosmic desolation. The band is affiliated with Demonic Arts and maintains a low public profile consistent with the orthodox black metal tradition.
Chicago thrash metal project from the Illinois underground.
Ancientblood is a black metal band from Ilha do Governador, a district of Rio de Janeiro, with roots tracing back to an earlier project that later evolved into the raw black metal act Vinterthron. The name is a deliberate reference to the Scandinavian black metal origins the band draws from, and the project has produced raw rehearsal and pre-production material released through Ashen Productions.
Ancienterror is a death/thrash metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2002 from the ashes of Missing Sequence, and has remained active in the city's underground scene ever since. The band released the EP "Arguments for Aggression" in 2007 and has built its lyrical identity around anti-religious, anti-globalization, and anti-capitalist themes.
ANCIIENTS is a Canadian progressive sludge metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2011 by vocalist and guitarist Kenny Cook and drummer Mike Hannay. Their debut Heart of Oak (2013) on Season of Mist was widely praised for its blend of progressive rock dynamics with sludge and post-metal heaviness, and Voice of the Void followed in 2016, further cementing their reputation. Beyond the Reach of the Sun arrived in 2024, demonstrating a continued expansion of their textured, heavy sound.
Ancillae is a death/thrash metal band from Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2024. A recent entry into the Brazilian extreme metal underground, they combine the brutality of death metal with the aggression and riff-driven attack of thrash.
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