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Asheville, North Carolina progressive metal act crafting ambitious, fantasy-themed compositions from the Blue Ridge Mountains, blending technical precision with storytelling grandeur.
Atlantic Tide crafts stoner and doom metal from Stockholm since 2012. Their oceanic name drives over a decade of wave-like heaviness from the Swedish capital, far from the Atlantic itself.
Atlantica plays power metal from Vetlanda in Småland since 2015. Their mythical-continent name drives a decade of anthemic compositions from this small southern Swedish town.
Watervliet, Michigan NWOTHM project with two releases since 2011. Mistress Of Ghosts and the French-titled La Petite Mort EP blend classic heavy metal with gothic atmospherics from West Michigan's lakeshore.
Atlantis is a traditional heavy metal band from Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2007 and signed to Classic Metal Records. Drawing on New Wave of Old Heavy Metal influences, the trio — Tino Barth, Bruno Eggert, and Fellipe França — explore occult and mythological themes across albums including their self-titled 2020 record, "Power in Our Hands" (2023), and "Volume II" (2025).
Atlantis Chronicles merges death metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore from Paris since 2009, crafting conceptual albums inspired by the myth of the sunken continent. Over fifteen years of activity have established them as one of the French capital's most narratively ambitious extreme acts.
Atlantis Rising emerges from the Asturian industrial city of Avilés with progressive metal that reaches for mythological depths since 2022. Their ambitious approach to the genre reflects the creative aspirations of northern Spain's newest generation of prog-metal artists.
Orlando, Florida melodic death metal project whose 2022 debut grieving and growing up uses lowercase honesty to strip melodeath down to its emotional core. A coming-of-age album rendered in dual harmonies.
Atlas Ashes are a melodic death metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2022 by guitarists Nicolas Gendreau and Nathan Storni and drummer Yann Baumberger, later joined by vocalist Chloé Eigenmann. Signed to M & O Music, the band released their debut album "New World" on February 14, 2025, drawing comparisons to Arch Enemy and In Flames in their blend of aggressive riffing and melodic lead work.
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