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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Los Angeles symphonic metal project crafting cinematic heavy music since 2020. Their singles Illusion and Tales Untold pair orchestral grandeur with metal power, channeling Hollywood's epic sensibility into something genuinely heavy.
Anthem for Murder brings melodic death metal from the small central Finnish town of Saarijärvi since 2024. Their violent name contrasts with the melodic sophistication they bring to the genre.
Anthemdown is a metalcore band from Osnabruck, Germany, formed in 2013, delivering the genre's signature combination of melodic passages and aggressive breakdowns. The band contributes to the Lower Saxony metalcore scene with their intense, hook-driven approach.
Anthemic is a progressive and thrash metal band from Augsburg, Germany, formed in 2014, merging the technical ambition and dynamic structures of progressive metal with thrash's relentless aggression. The band operates from Bavaria's third-largest city, adding to the region's deep metal tradition.
Anthemon crafts doom, gothic, and symphonic metal from Paris since 2013, creating lush, atmospheric compositions layered with orchestral grandeur. Their triple-genre approach produces a sound as architecturally complex as the Parisian cityscape.
Pinellas County, Florida death metal project with an astounding eleven releases since 2022. The Aelvica series and subsequent albums demonstrate a creative output that borders on obsessive, building an entire mythology of biblical destruction from the Tampa Bay area's legendary extreme metal scene.
New York black metal project.
A fresh entry in Pamplona's growing thrash metal scene, Anthestral emerged in 2023 with the speed and aggression that defines Navarra's newest wave of extreme music. Their early output signals a band eager to make their mark in Spain's crowded thrash landscape.
Antheus brings heavy and progressive metal from Bordeaux since 2017, channeling the Gironde capital's cultural sophistication into ambitious compositions. Their Greek-tinged name evokes classical grandeur within a metal framework.
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