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A Past Embrace (2022)
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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Springfield, Massachusetts stoner/thrash hybrid with two EPs since 2022. The mystically numbered 777 and the more visceral Sinking pair esoteric symbolism with New England heaviness.
Asathor are a Viennese Viking metal band operating under the asathorlux imprint, whose album Vegvísir — named after the Icelandic runic compass — signals their engagement with Norse mythology and Old Norse spiritual symbolism. Their music pairs melodic, folklorically influenced arrangements with the anthemic, mid-paced energy of Scandinavian Viking metal.
Asator is a post-black and doom metal band from Bremen, Germany, whose foundation dates to 2005 and whose sound evolved through name changes and lineup shifts before reaching its current form. Their German-language catalog, including Fragmente, Gezeiten, and Traktat Metamorphose Manifest, blends black metal, Swedish death metal, shoegaze, and post-rock into an expansive, genre-crossing sound.
Milwaukee doom metal project with three releases since 2016. Deserve to Die and Deserted Temples channel Beer City's blue-collar melancholy into crushing, deliberate heaviness that matches the Rust Belt's weight.
Asbeel merges power, thrash, and doom metal from Gdańsk since 2021. Named after a fallen angel who taught humanity deceptive counsel, their triple-genre approach channels treacherous versatility from the Baltic coast.
Kilgore, Texas death metal and hardcore punk project whose 2021 remix single bridges extreme music with electronic production. East Texas grit filtered through digital manipulation.
Asbestos Vape merges black and industrial metal from the UK underground since 2024, their darkly humorous name combining toxic materials with modern vaping culture. Their provocative name signals a project that values confrontation alongside extremity.
San Jose sludge metal project with six catalog-numbered releases since 2014. Their meticulous archival system — each release tagged with an ADR number — suggests a band that treats sludge metal with curatorial precision from the South Bay.
Asbestosis delivers brutal death metal from Manchester since 2025, named after the deadly lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. Their industrial-disease name feeds compositions as suffocating and lethal as the condition itself.
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