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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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Black Ninja (2013)
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Liars & Thieves (2024)
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Andrey Gadzhibalaev explores progressive metal as a solo project from Magnitogorsk since 2014. From this major steel-producing city in the southern Urals, this one-person operation channels industrial-city ambition into progressive compositions.
Andro Coulton brings heavy metal from the Derbyshire town of Belper since 2025, representing the newest generation of traditional metal from the East Midlands. Their solo-project approach channels individual vision through classic metal frameworks.
Andromalius merges black and death metal from Moscow since 2019. Named after a Great Earl of Hell who punishes thieves and returns stolen goods, they channel demonic justice through extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Andromalius is a black metal band from Gurupi, Tocantins, Brazil, formed in 2019, taking their name from the goetic demon of the 72 spirits of Solomon. Operating in the deep underground of Brazil's interior, the band carries forward the raw, occult-driven black metal tradition that has flourished in the country's less-documented regional scenes.
North Royalton, Ohio power metal project with a sense of humor and four releases since 2015. From the provocatively titled Electric Male Discharge to the noise-referencing Harsh Metal Wall, they blend power metal bombast with irreverent energy from the Cleveland suburbs.
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.
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