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Termination Redux (EP) (2024)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
06/09 @ Warehouse SWG3, Glasgow
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Angrrsth channels black metal from Toruń, the birthplace of Copernicus, since 2018. Their deliberately harsh, consonant-heavy name mirrors the abrasive quality of their black metal from this medieval Vistula River city.
Angry by Nature delivers melodic groove metal from Gothenburg since 2013. Their inherent-fury name drives over a decade of rhythmically charged compositions from the city that pioneered melodic extreme metal.
A Belgian heavy metal band active under the Bandcamp handle angryeyes, operating in the traditional heavy metal underground. Their releases are available digitally through Bandcamp with limited broader documentation available in public metal databases.
Angry Nation are a melodic thrash/death metal band from Wiener Neustadt built around guitarist Walter Oberhofer, with contributions from members of Darkside and Wolfheart. Their albums The Fail Decade and Embracing the Collapse channel the socio-political anxiety of the 2010s into tightly constructed riffing that bridges late-80s Bay Area thrash with melodic Scandinavian death metal.
Angstkvlt is a Bavarian black metal duo formed in 2019 by Kvltist H. and Kvltist B., two musicians whose friendship spans over two decades before they began composing together. Their releases Iconoclast and Follow and Obey use black metal as a foundation while deliberately pushing beyond the genre's boundaries into broader territory.
Angtoria crafts symphonic metal from Sundsvall since 2003. Over two decades from this northern Swedish coastal city, they have developed orchestrally enriched compositions of dramatic scope.
Detroit heavy metal and thrash act whose 2012 debut Iron Funeral channels Motor City industrial decay into riff-driven fury. The title captures their aesthetic perfectly — metal music about metal's demise, forged in a city that knows something about rust.
Anguish Project is a Brazilian heavy metal band led by bassist and composer Kaô (ex-Venus), with vocalist Sergio Faga (Children of the Beast) and guitarist Denis Okuma. Their 2025 debut album "What's Believing?" was mixed by producer Roy Z and features guest appearances from musicians tied to Viper, Angra, and Dr. Sin, combining classic heavy metal songwriting with philosophical lyrical themes drawn from Freud and Schopenhauer.
Anguish Sublime creates melodic death metal from Novi Sad, the cultural capital of Vojvodina, since 2014. Their oxymoronic name — beautiful suffering — drives compositions that find melodic beauty within aggression from Serbia's second city.
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