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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Another Life explores progressive metal from Västervik in Småland since 2019. Their reincarnation-themed name drives compositions of ambitious structural complexity from this eastern Swedish Baltic coast town.
Another Moon merges progressive metal with sludge from Paris since 2020, creating a sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and crushing weight. Their celestial name suggests compositions that illuminate hidden dimensions of heaviness.
Gary death metal project from the Indiana underground.
Another Perfect Day is a progressive melodic death metal project from Seeheim, Germany, originally founded in 1993 and continued as a solo vehicle by Kristian 'Kohle' Kohlmannslehner, who also operates the Kohlekeller Studios where acts like Powerwolf, Crematory, and Benighted have recorded. The project's releases, including The Gothenburg Postscriptum and Four Songs for the Left Behind, blend progressive metal ambition with melodic death metal roots.
Another Problem is a death and groove metal band with hardcore influences from Ratingen, Germany, formed in 2016, whose releases include the album Chains of Reality. The band combines the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with death metal's aggression and hardcore's raw energy from the Dusseldorf metropolitan area.
Another Realm delivers heavy metal from England since 2023, their fantastical name promising an escape to a world of pure metal. The project channels the timeless spirit of classic heavy metal through fresh compositions.
Colorado Springs groove metal project from the Colorado underground.
Atlantic City, New Jersey death metal act whose 2011 debut Consecrate brings heaviness to the Jersey Shore. Death metal forged in the shadow of crumbling boardwalks and faded casino glamour.
Another Victory is a metalcore and death metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2023, fusing metalcore's breakdown-driven intensity with death metal's ferocity. The band is a recent addition to the active metal scene in the westernmost city of Germany.
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