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A death metal trio from Guarulhos, São Paulo, consisting of Ronaldo on vocals and bass, Thiago on guitar, and Denis on drums. Their 2017 debut album "Hopeless" — recorded at Kadence Studio in Guarulhos — delivers seven tracks of aggressive extreme metal built around anti-religious themes, drawing from both death and black metal in the brutal São Paulo tradition.
Alexandreia's Absens craft atmospheric black metal that draws from the stark beauty of northern Greece, channelling isolation and introspection through raw, tremolo-driven compositions. Active since 2016, the project maintains a solitary, contemplative approach to the genre.
A progressive metal band from Porto Alegre led by vocalist and guitarist Cezar Tortorelli, blending djent-influenced riffing with orchestral arrangements and narrative concept albums. Their 2020 EP "Martyr Part I: Ignite" follows a four-song dystopian story of rebellion against an oppressive society, featuring guest vocalists and production spread across multiple studios in southern Brazil.
Athens' Absense blend melodic death metal with metalcore energy, creating an accessible yet aggressive sound built on soaring guitar harmonies and powerful breakdowns. Since 2020, they've brought a modern edge to the Greek melodeath tradition.
Absent Fear creates death metal from Sandviken in Gästrikland as of 2025. Their paradoxical name — fear that is not present — suggests a fearlessness channeled through death metal's confrontational vocabulary.
A one-person depressive black metal project from Belo Horizonte, with all instruments, vocals, mixing, and composition handled by O.L. (Omar Lobato). Active since 2013, the project has released a self-titled album, the "Deep Melodies" EP, and appeared on the "DSBM Brazil Vol. III" compilation, in addition to a split with Moroccan band Eternal Misery released on Depressive Illusions Records.
Absent in Body is a Belgian post-metal supergroup formed in 2017 by Amenra guitarist Mathieu Vandekerckhove and vocalist Colin H. van Eeckhout alongside Neurosis vocalist Scott Kelly and former Sepultura drummer Iggor Cavalera. Their debut album Plague God, released in 2022 on Season of Mist, melds post-metal, drone, sludge, and EBM into five sprawling compositions that draw on each member's history in confrontational, ceremony-driven heavy music. The project is deliberately collaborative and sparse, functioning as a slow-moving, ritualistic extension of the members' respective primary bands.
Absent Mind is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois. Across two EPs — 2016's "Brainwaves" and 2019's "Weight of the World" — the band fuses crossover thrash intensity with hardcore punk urgency.
A doom and sludge metal band from Bamberg, Germany, Absent/Minded have been crafting dense, slow-burning heaviness since 2015. Their sound merges the crushing weight of sludge with the mournful deliberation of doom, reflecting the Franconian city's quiet intensity.
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