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New York City death metal enigma whose 2013 debut Cosmic Collision Into The Fifth Dimension launches into interstellar extremity. The name alone — part alien taxonomy, part fever dream — signals a band operating far outside conventional death metal's orbit.
Charlotte black metal project from the North Carolina underground.
András was a black metal band from Santa Mariana, Paraná, Brazil, active from 2012 until their split-up. Operating within the Brazilian underground black metal scene, the band pursued a raw and orthodox approach to the genre rooted in the traditions of South American black metal extremism.
Andsolis is a progressive melodic death metal band from Heidelberg, Germany, whose 2015 release Vigil showcases the interplay of complex song structures and melodic sensibility that defines their approach. The band merges the intellectual ambition of progressive metal with the emotional weight of melodic death metal.
Anduin channels black metal and ambient from Denizli in southwestern Turkey since 2015. Named after the great river of Middle-earth, over a decade of atmospheric compositions flow from this Anatolian textile-industry city.
Andurá is a black metal band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band adds to the growing cluster of Rio de Janeiro state underground black metal acts, pursuing the harsh, atmospheric extremity that characterizes the Brazilian black metal underground.
Andvaka practices funeral doom metal from Reykjavík, a style that mirrors Iceland's glacial pace and crushing geological forces since 2019. Their Icelandic name, suggesting sleeplessness or insomnia, reflects the torturous wakefulness their slow-motion devastation induces.
Andvara explores progressive stoner metal from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area since 2017. Named after the dwarf of Norse mythology who guarded a treasure of gold, they bring mythological wealth to psychedelic heaviness.
Montana / Bancroft black metal project from the Michigan underground.
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