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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Ashes of Reason delivers heavy metal from the Black Country town of Dudley since 2025, their philosophical-destruction name reflecting the burning away of logic in favor of pure metal feeling. Their West Midlands origins connect them to the heartland of British heavy metal.
Detroit groove metal act drawing from the Motor City's industrial grit and blue-collar toughness, delivering heavy, rhythmic punishment with working-class conviction.
Ashes of Sorrow is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, combining the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian melodeath with metalcore's heavy breakdowns and aggressive vocal delivery. The band operates from the heart of Franconia's growing metal scene.
Ripping Death Metal / Deathcore from Dallas.
Lakewood, Colorado metalcore band operating from Denver's western suburbs, adding melodic aggression to the Front Range's active heavy music community.
Ashes of the Skull merges thrash and heavy metal from İzmir as of 2026. Their cranial-remnant name drives compositions of bone-grinding intensity from Turkey's Aegean coast.
Ashes of Time creates post-black metal from Sudogda in the Vladimir Region as of 2025. Named evocatively after the remnants of chronological decay, they craft atmospheric compositions from this small Russian town.
Garnett/Ottawa, Kansas NWOTHM act bringing traditional heavy metal fire to the rural heartland, proving that classic metal devotion thrives in even the smallest towns.
Ashes Planet is a Mexican melodic doom/death metal solo project founded by Jose Aguirre, who is also the driving force behind the band Mar de Dolor. The project released its debut EP, Hope Is Black, in 2023, blending heavy downtuned riffs with melodic, sorrowful atmosphere.
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