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Autism Forest is a one-person black metal and dungeon synth project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, created by the musician known as Avgrund. The project is prolific in releasing lo-fi atmospheric material, with titles including Arcane Nature, Thalassophobia, and the Dreams of Pelpiland series, as well as the 2025 EP Doppelganger.
Colorado Springs death metal band delivering provocatively named extremity from the base of Pikes Peak, adding to Colorado's growing underground metal presence.
Autius combines death and doom metal from Helsinki since 2025, exploring the tension between aggression and crushing weight at the newest frontier of Finland's extreme metal landscape. Their solitary-sounding name suits the isolation that permeates their heavy compositions.
Auto-de-Fe channels gothic and doom metal from Yaroslavl since 2017, named after the public penance ritual of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. From the same Golden Ring city as Aut Mori, they explore faith, guilt, and punishment through heavy, atmospheric compositions.
Autoagresija delivers crossover and thrash metal from Čačak in western Serbia since 2017. Their Serbian name meaning 'self-aggression' captures the self-destructive energy of their punk-influenced thrash.
San Diego thrash band exploding with speed metal fury from Southern California, delivering high-octane aggression from America's Finest City.
A heavy metal band from Jihlava with roots stretching back to the 1980s, Autobus are a long-standing fixture of the Czech metal underground. Their profile on Bandzone.cz documents an active history of concerts alongside other regional metal acts, though their studio output has remained close to the ground level.
Georgetown, Kentucky thrash band from the Bluegrass State, channeling military-grade firepower metaphors into aggressive speed metal from the heart of horse country.
Progressive metal project that has migrated from Boston to Brooklyn to Toronto. Four releases since 2012 including Horror Vacui channel restless, boundary-crossing prog that mirrors their nomadic existence across multiple cities and countries.
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