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Avernal is a death metal and death 'n' roll band from Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, founded in 1993 and widely regarded as one of the most important extreme metal acts in the country. The band, led by vocalist Cristian Rodríguez alongside guitarists Federico Ramos and Gonzalo Varela, bassist Francisco Cañardo, and drummer Germán Rodríguez, has released eight studio albums — from the self-titled debut in 1997 through No Hope (2001), III (2004), El Sangriento (2006), and Tzompantli (2020) — and has shared stages internationally with acts including Sepultura, Meshuggah, Entombed A.D., and Deicide.
Averno plays heavy metal from Donostia-San Sebastián since 2007, named after the Italian name for Avernus, the entrance to the underworld in Roman mythology. Over nearly two decades in the Basque Country's most elegant city, they have maintained a commitment to traditional heavy metal values.
Chicago gothic metal veterans with nine releases stretching back to 1993. One of the longest-running underground gothic metal acts in America, their catalog — from the delicate A Delicate Tracery of Red to later works — traces over three decades of darkly beautiful music named after the entrance to the Roman underworld.
Avernus was a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from 1993 until their split. Emerging from the same fertile underground that produced Sarcófago and Sepultura, the band operated in the raw, uncompromising vein of Brazilian black metal during the 1990s, contributing to one of South America's most distinctive extreme metal scenes.
Black metal project of unknown origin whose 2023 EP Poetry of Leathered Wings channels bat-winged imagery through atmospheric extremity. Named after the gate referenced in their namesake's mythology — the entrance to Hell.
Averse has explored progressive black metal from Lille in northern France since 2007, pushing the boundaries of the genre through nearly two decades of compositional experimentation. Their contrarian name captures the spirit of opposition that drives their unconventional approach.
Black metal project that relocated from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, carrying West Coast atmospheric influence into East Coast extremity across two of America's major metal scenes.
Austin black metal. Intellectual, esoteric, and crushingly heavy.
Aversia was a black/death metal band from Managua, Nicaragua, active from 2019 until their split in 2021. The band released two EPs in 2019, Dios Adverso and Instinto Profano, followed by the single Malévola Reverencia in 2020, blending raw black metal aggression with death metal heaviness. Recorded at The Music Box Records in Ticuantepe on the outskirts of Managua, their output drew on anti-Christian themes common to the South American black metal tradition.
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