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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Originally influenced by Swedish melodic death metal giants like Arch Enemy, In Flames, and Soilwork, Anvil of Doom evolved from Jerez de la Frontera's unlikely metal scene into a technically accomplished force signed to Xtreem Music. Their 2004 debut "Deathillusion" and 2011 EP "Turn Your Back" showcase a band that grew from melodeath worship into their own distinctive voice.
AnVision has explored progressive rock and metal from Tarnów in Lesser Poland since 2012. From this medieval trade city near the Carpathian foothills, they craft compositions that prize structural ambition and melodic development.
Denton, Texas sludge metal outfit delivering raw, heavy grooves since 2018. Their EPs capture the dense, abrasive sound of North Texas sludge with an unflinching directness that matches the college town's DIY punk ethos.
Anweld practices black metal from Oława in Lower Silesia since 2020. Their Old English-derived name adds Anglo-Saxon linguistic heritage to their Polish black metal from this small town south of Wrocław.
Hutchinson death metal project from the Kansas underground.
Indian Land, South Carolina death metal project with three releases since 2024. His Creation and Boreal Reckoning arrive in rapid succession, building a catalog of extremity from the Charlotte metro's Carolina side.
Anxieta is a black metal project emerging from the small Breton fishing village of Treffiagat in 2026, representing the very newest generation of extreme music from France's Atlantic coast. Their anxiety-themed name captures the unsettled energy of a project just beginning to take shape.
Boston death/doom project with six releases since 2020, including demos, compilations, and charity releases. Their involvement in the ABR community and benefit compilations reveals a band deeply embedded in New England's heavy underground, using doom's crushing weight for more than just sonic punishment.
Anxiety Addiction creates technical death metal and deathcore from Moscow since 2018. Their psychological-compulsion name drives compositions that feed on nervous energy through technical precision.
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