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A thrash/death metal band from Kortrijk formed in 1988 whose career ran until 2000, placing them among the first generation of Belgian death and thrash hybrids. They contributed tracks to the Detonation compilation series in the early 1990s and featured various vocalists and guitarists including Frank "Liberty" Libeert before disbanding.
Queens deathcore project with a massive nine-release output since 2019. Albums like Cool Is Watching You and How Will All This End? suggest existential anxiety beneath the breakdowns, an unusually introspective approach for the genre emerging from New York City's outer boroughs.
Anesys fuses death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore from the Atlantic port of La Rochelle since 2016. Their anesthesia-inspired name contrasts with music designed to jolt listeners into full sensory awareness.
Anethera is an industrial death and doom metal solo project from Haderslev, Denmark, created by Dan Monberg Skott, whose 2021 release Fiat Justicia Ruat Caelum contains three tracks originally recorded in 2012 and rediscovered in an old Dropbox archive. The project focuses on keeping music simple and atmospheric within the industrial death metal framework.
Anette Olzon is the Swedish vocalist best known for fronting Nightwish from 2007-2012, now pursuing solo symphonic and power metal from Katrineholm in Södermanland. Her powerful voice and dramatic flair continue to shape her personal musical vision beyond her tenure with the Finnish symphonic metal giants.
Aneurose is a thrash metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, whose sound pulls from classic thrash while incorporating death metal and hardcore elements. They released the full-lengths "From Hell" (2013) and "Juggernaut" (2016), as well as "Made in Rage", and have appeared on international tribute compilations covering AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and Sepultura, reflecting their standing in the Brazilian underground.
Atlantic Highlands death metal project from the New Jersey underground.
Anew creates symphonic black metal from an undisclosed Portuguese location since 2017. Their brief, renewal-focused name brings a transformative energy to the orchestrally enhanced black metal they craft.
Oakland death metal project from the California underground.
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