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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma death metal band from the capital of the Cherokee Nation, bringing extreme metal to a town steeped in Indigenous history and culture.
Auratom channels atmospheric black metal from Kyiv since 2022. Their atomic-aura name drives compositions of radiating atmospheric intensity from the Ukrainian capital.
Aurea delivers progressive and power metal from Genoa since 2005, their Latin name meaning 'golden' reflecting the polished quality of their two-decade body of work. From the Ligurian coast, they craft technically accomplished compositions that shine with melodic brilliance.
Aurea Aetas channels raw black metal from Kecskemét, the administrative heart of Bács-Kiskun County on the Great Hungarian Plain. Formed in 2020, their name — Latin for 'Golden Age' — carries an ironic weight against their lo-fi sonic hostility.
Aurea Mediocritas is an atmospheric black metal project from Trier, Germany, formed in 2013, whose name references Horace's classical ideal of the golden mean. The project began as symphonic black metal before evolving into a more atmospheric direction, absorbing influences from folk, doom, psychedelia, and nature themes into richly diverse compositions.
Cleveland black metal act whose Latin name means 'golden cross,' exploring religious themes through Northeast Ohio's deep tradition of extreme metal.
Aurealhearth is a nascent Spanish project launched in 2025 that fuses black metal, death metal, and doom metal into a heavy triptych of extreme sounds. The project's triple-genre approach signals ambitious compositional aims from its earliest days.
Pittsburgh melodic death metal band named after the Roman emperor, bringing Scandinavian-influenced melodeath to the Steel City's productive metal underground.
Portland black metal project crafting luminous, atmospheric compositions from the Pacific Northwest, their name — meaning a circle of light — reflecting their approach to the genre's darker traditions.
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