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Cardiff crossover thrash outfit Asidhara hit like a wrecking ball, blending hardcore punk urgency with razor-sharp thrash riffs and gang vocals. Since 2019, they've brought a distinctly Welsh ferocity to the UK's growing crossover scene.
Asidie creates melodic doom and gothic metal from Parma since 2018. Their contemplative approach pairs the sorrowful weight of doom with gothic metal's dark elegance, crafted in the shadow of Parma's Romanesque cathedral.
Asilian channels death metal from the remote Vosges town of Bruyères since 2015, bringing brutality to one of Lorraine's most mountainous communities. Their forested origins lend genuine isolation to their extreme metal sound.
Asilo was a Buenos Aires sludge, drone, and doom metal collective that built a catalog of slow, crushing releases across the 2010s, including the split with Neh Czneg (2013), Comunión (2014), and Desintegración (2019). Their approach leaned toward extended, corrosive compositions that placed them firmly within the heavier end of Argentina's underground doom scene.
Asinhell is a death metal band formed in 2022 by Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen alongside vocalist Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth) and drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy). The project draws openly on old-school death metal influences and Poulsen's long-standing affinity for the genre before his career in Volbeat. Their debut album Impii Hora was released in September 2023 via Metal Blade Records, comprising ten tracks rooted in classic death and thrash metal.
Black metal project of unknown origin with seven releases since 2024. The name — combining Asian mysticism with stone-based divination — frames their prolific output through an esoteric lens, with Necrodiversity suggesting a celebration of death's many forms.
Veteran US power metal act formed in 1990. Toured 46 countries, including eight years performing for the Department of Defense entertaining troops worldwide.
Volos' Askalaphos take their name from the Greek underworld daemon who served as Hades' orchard keeper, crafting black metal steeped in chthonic mythology. Since 2019, they've channelled Thessalian mysticism through atmospheric compositions.
Askaroth is a one-man instrumental black metal project from Germany, formed in 2022, whose self-titled debut album spans ten tracks and fifty-two minutes of atmospheric black and thrash metal inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Track titles like Tinuviel, Earendil, and Mirrormere map the project's compositions directly onto Middle-earth's mythology.
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