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Athøn creates death metal from Palermo, Sicily's sprawling, chaotic capital, since 2019. Their Scandinavian-styled spelling contrasts with their Mediterranean origins, suggesting a bridge between Nordic extremity and Sicilian intensity.
Atiesia is a death metal trio from Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, formed in 2017 by guitarist and vocalist Johan Esteban Moreno alongside bassist Diego Osorio and drummer Cristhian Guarnizo. The band released their debut EP "Falsos Altares" in 2019, a four-track recording rooted in fast, heavy death metal. They remain active and independent, with Moreno also active in several other Colombian extreme metal projects.
Atiesia is a death metal trio from Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia, formed in 2017 by guitarist and vocalist Johan Esteban Moreno alongside bassist Diego Osorio and drummer Cristhian Guarnizo. The band released their debut EP "Falsos Altares" in 2019, a four-track recording rooted in fast, heavy death metal. They remain active and independent, with Moreno also active in several other Colombian extreme metal projects.
Atila from Castellón de la Plana is one of Spain's most venerable heavy and power metal acts, with roots stretching back to 1975 during the earliest days of the Spanish metal scene. Their decades-spanning career makes them contemporaries of the genre's founding acts.
Atila is a heavy metal band from Posadas, Misiones, Argentina, considered one of the pioneering metal acts of the province. The band — built around vocalist Sergio Toledo, guitarist Javier Duarte, and bassist Cristian Guaglianone — released their debut album Azote de Dios in 2017, followed by a second record, Mal Negocio, blending classic heavy metal with updated material spanning two decades of the band's history.
Texas black metal act named after the anxiety medication, channeling the Lone Star State's vast emptiness into raw, medicated darkness.
Seattle black metal project whose name references the legendary Pipil warrior, bringing Central American historical themes to the Pacific Northwest's atmospheric black metal scene.
Atland has been delivering power metal from Zaragoza since 2012, channeling epic themes and soaring melodies in the tradition of European power metal. Their Aragonese perspective brings a distinctive flavor to a genre often dominated by German and Scandinavian acts.
Atlantean Kodex is an epic heavy and doom metal band from Vilseck in Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2006, widely regarded as one of the finest purveyors of epic heavy metal in the modern era. Their albums The Golden Bough, The White Goddess, and the 2022 opus The Course of Empire deliver lengthy, atmospheric compositions drawing on mythology, history, and classical elements, with tracks regularly exceeding eight to ten minutes in their cinematic scope.
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