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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Grand Rapids, Michigan black metal and noise rock hybrid debuting in 2026 with Epicaricacy — a rare English word meaning taking pleasure in others' misfortune. Genre-blending extremity from West Michigan's furniture capital.
Atuan creates doom and post-metal from Malmö since 2021. Named after the sacred tombs in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series, they channel literary darkness through atmospheric heaviness from Sweden's southernmost major city.
Koprivnica's Atum craft heavy grooves that blend stoner and groove metal, named after the ancient Egyptian creator deity. Since 2011, they've been generating riff-heavy, psychedelic-tinged heaviness from northern Croatia.
London's ATVM operate at the intersection of black metal, death metal, and progressive complexity, weaving labyrinthine song structures through dissonant harmonies and shifting tempos. Since 2015, their intellectually demanding approach has established them as one of the UK capital's most ambitious extreme metal acts.
Atxurra delivers death metal and hardcore from Hondarribia on the French-Spanish border in the Basque Country as of 2025. Named after the Basque cave containing some of Europe's most important prehistoric art, they channel ancient Basque heritage through modern extremity.
Atypi channels atmospheric heavy and black metal from Jönköping since 2014. Their atypical-abbreviated name drives unconventional compositions from this southern Swedish lakeside city at the top of Lake Vättern.
Atypiskt blends black metal, death metal, and raw black metal from the Finnish underground since 2011, their Scandinavian name meaning "atypical" reflecting a deliberate rejection of genre conventions. Their boundary-crossing approach defies easy classification.
Atys creates experimental and industrial black metal from Deva in Hunedoara County since 2016. From this Transylvanian city beneath the ruins of a medieval fortress, they push black metal into unconventional industrial territory.
Au Loin crafts atmospheric black metal from Brittany since 2025, their French name meaning "in the distance" perfectly capturing the vast, remote quality of their soundscapes. The project channels Brittany's Atlantic horizons into expansive compositions.
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