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Actin' Up (2023)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
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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.
Asbjorn Daemonium de Noctis channels black metal from the Welsh capital of Cardiff since 2020, their multilingual name combining Norse, Latin, and more. Their elaborate nomenclature signals a project of dark, scholarly ambition.
St. Louis black metal project named after the genus of moths known as 'black witches.' Four releases since 2023 including the mirage-themed Fata Morgana build atmospheric black metal from the Gateway City with entomological precision.
Ascalon delivers heavy metal from the Lancashire city of Preston since 2015, named after the legendary spear used by St. George to slay the dragon. Over a decade of traditional metal from northwest England speaks to sustained commitment.
Ascaria channels death and thrash metal from Płock in Masovia since 1996, nearly three decades of activity from this Vistula River city. Their longevity from central Poland speaks to an enduring commitment to extreme metal's foundational styles.
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