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Antítese were a thrash/death metal band from Osasco, São Paulo, originally founded in 1986 and part of the first wave of Brazilian extreme metal. Their sole full-length album, also titled 'Antítese', was released in 1989 — a record marked by old-school thrash riffing and semi-growled vocals with a death metal edge, placing them alongside contemporaries like Sepultura and Mutilator in the late-80s Brazilian underground. The lineup included vocalist Hetzel 'Bruxxo', guitarist Laércio Jr., bassist Fábio Barreto, and drummer Nonô.
Antares is an ambient black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2020, merging the atmospheric expansiveness of ambient music with the rawness of black metal. Named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky, the project channels cosmic vastness through its sound.
Black metal project that migrated from Granite Falls, North Carolina to San Francisco. Two albums in quick succession — Reflection and The Ghost Town — channel the displacement of cross-country relocation into atmospheric black metal, the Sumerian deity name adding ancient weight.
Anu Eridu channels blackened melodic death metal from Rzeszów since 2020. Named after the Sumerian sky god and the world's oldest city, they bring ancient Mesopotamian weight to their Subcarpathian extreme metal.
Los Angeles thrash metal act with five releases since 2014, including live recordings and a deluxe anniversary reissue. Named after the Egyptian god of death, they bring mythological weight to LA's endless thrash tradition.
Anubis is a Brazilian black metal band formed in 2009, named after the Egyptian deity of death and the afterlife — a common touchstone for black metal's preoccupation with mortality and the occult. Operating within Brazil's deeply rooted extreme metal underground, the band has remained active since formation and releases music independently through Bandcamp. Their sound follows the raw, atmospheric tradition of black metal that has long thrived in Brazil's underground scene.
Baltimore groove metal and metalcore project whose 2017 demo captures raw, unpolished aggression from Charm City's heavy underground. The Egyptian mythology motif paired with 'unbound' suggests a band breaking free from genre constraints.
Anubiz is a gothic metal band from Overath near Cologne, Germany, formed in 2009, channeling dark atmospherics and heavy melodies through the gothic metal lens. The band operates in the Rhineland's broader metal community with their take on the genre's moody, dramatic sound.
Austin, Texas death metal act whose 2017 debut Blastronaut fuses space imagery with blast-beat driven extremity. The portmanteau title perfectly captures their approach — launching death metal into orbit from the Live Music Capital.
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