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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.
Leeds' Autocracy deliver precision melodic death metal with technical guitar interplay and powerful rhythmic foundation. Since 2014, they've built a reputation in the Yorkshire metal scene for their tight performances and Gothenburg-influenced songwriting.
Lexington, Kentucky doom and heavy metal project with two EPs since 2016. Fin de Siècle and Interregnum pair historical period terminology with crushing doom, the political vocabulary matching their authoritarian name.
Appleton, Wisconsin metalcore act named after the public penance ritual of the Inquisition, bringing aggressive heaviness to the Fox Valley's underground.
Autodestrutivo is a depressive black metal solo project from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2022 by a lone musician credited as Ignorado. The project channels sixteen years of personal connection to the DSBM genre into bleak, self-destructive compositions, releasing "DSBM – Depressive Music for Desolate People" (2024), described as music created for "emotionally destroyed people."
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