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Astronomikon are a power/heavy metal band from Nicosia, Cyprus, formed in 2008, featuring several members drawn from the Cypriot power metal institution Arrayan Path, including bassist Paris Lambrou and vocalist Nicholas Leptos. Their debut album, released on Pure Legend Records, is a concept record about the myth of Perseus and Medusa, blending American and European power metal styles with traditional heavy metal foundations.
Southern California progressive metal project with eight releases spanning 2002 to present. One of the longest-running acts in this catalog, their two-decade discography including Dematerialised Passenger traces an arc of cosmic prog ambition from the birthplace of West Coast metal.
Astropheus is a black metal project that emerged from Barcelona in 2025, representing the very latest addition to Catalonia's seemingly inexhaustible black metal underground. Their arrival speaks to the genre's continued vitality in one of Europe's most metal-dense cities.
Astrophobos practices black metal from Stockholm since 2010. Their fear-of-stars name drives fifteen years of cosmic black metal from the Swedish capital.
Astrophyte creates death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Their star-plant name blends celestial and botanical imagery in compositions of organic death metal brutality.
Astroqueen has crafted doom and stoner metal from Stenungsund on Sweden's Bohus coast since 1999. Over a quarter century from this petrochemical-industry town, they have built one of Sweden's longest-running stoner doom legacies.
Astrosail crafts stoner, doom metal, and rock from Moscow since 2016. Their interstellar-navigation name drives hazy, riff-heavy compositions that journey through psychedelic space from the Russian capital.
Philadelphia stoner metal act channeling cosmic visions through thick, fuzzy riffs, contributing to Philly's eclectic heavy music scene with space-drenched heaviness.
Houston black/doom metal project blending cosmic horror with crushing heaviness from Space City, the name itself a portmanteau hinting at astrological and occult themes.
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