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Aversio Humanitatis has become one of Madrid's most internationally recognized black metal acts, signed to the prestigious Debemur Morti Productions and Sentient Ruin Laboratories. From "Abandonment Ritual" through "Behold the Silent Dwellers" and their upcoming "To Become The Endless Static," they walk through ghostly cityscapes via unrelenting dissonant black metal that explores humanity's destructive pursuit of perfection.
Aversion is a thrash metal band from Coyhaique, in Chile's Patagonian Aysén region, signed to the Chilean label Rawforce Productions. Their debut full-length Chaotic Dreams (2015), recorded in Coyhaique in October 2012 and mastered at DMG Studio, blends early Scandinavian black metal aggression with driving thrash riffing.
Aversion is a thrash metal band from Coyhaique, in Chile's Patagonian Aysén region, signed to the Chilean label Rawforce Productions. Their debut full-length Chaotic Dreams (2015), recorded in Coyhaique in October 2012 and mastered at DMG Studio, blends early Scandinavian black metal aggression with driving thrash riffing.
Aversion Cult creates raw black metal from an undisclosed Russian location as of 2025. Their repulsion-worship name drives lo-fi compositions of deliberate hostility and ritualized disgust.
Aversja delivers groove metal and metalcore from Kielce since 2023. Their Polish name meaning 'aversion' drives compositions of rhythmic hostility from the Świętokrzyskie regional capital.
Aversus formed in 2012 in Centenario, Neuquén, blending metalcore aggression with thrash metal riffing in a corner of Patagonia that has produced only a handful of extreme acts. The band is signed to Marfus' Records, a Neuquén-based label dedicated to thrash, death, and metalcore from the region.
Avertia channels black metal from Bergen since 2009, their Latin-derived name suggesting aversion or turning away. Over fifteen years in Norway's western black metal heartland, they have crafted a substantial body of misanthropic work.
Averze thrashes with heavy metal and crossover influences from Blansko in the Moravian Karst region since 2013. Over a decade of activity from this cave-country town, they have built a reputation for no-nonsense aggression.
Split's Averzija ('aversion' in Croatian) channel depressive black metal of raw emotional intensity, exploring themes of disgust, hopelessness, and self-loathing. Active since 2013, they represent the Dalmatian contribution to DSBM's global underground.
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