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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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Anotherside merges black and death metal from Moscow since 2021. Their merged-word name suggests an alternate dimension explored through the combined darkness of two extreme genres.
Anothor practices black metal from an undisclosed Norwegian location since 2024. Their name, possibly referencing a forgotten deity, maintains the anonymity that characterizes much of modern Norwegian black metal.
Warwick, Rhode Island grindcore outfit active since 2023. Two releases — Languish In Suffering and Revel in Sin — capture the full spectrum of grindcore's obsession with suffering and transgression in rapid, punishing bursts.
Kalispell deathcore project from the Montana underground.
Anoxide delivers death metal from London since 2013, their chemistry-inspired name referencing the absence of oxygen. Over a decade of suffocating brutality from the English capital speaks to sustained commitment.
Anoxie brings heavy metal from the Norman town of Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf since 2025, their oxygen-deprivation name capturing the suffocating intensity of their sound. The project represents the newest wave of traditional metal from the Seine-Maritime region.
Anpher creates melodic death metal from Riga since 2005, two decades of activity from the Latvian capital. Their sustained commitment to melodic death metal has made them a fixture of the Baltic extreme metal community.
Denton crossover thrash project from the Texas underground.
Ansa/Cinis blends atmospheric black metal with shoegaze from Korolyov in the Moscow Region since 2016. From this city named after the father of Soviet space exploration, they craft celestially influenced compositions.
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