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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Awaken the Atlas creates symphonic and power metal from Trollhättan since 2024. Their titan-rousing name drives orchestrally enhanced compositions of heroic scale from this Västergötland waterfall city.
Awaken the Hydra channels extreme symphonic metal from the Netherlands since 2019. Their mythological name — invoking the multi-headed serpent that grew two heads for every one severed — drives compositions of relentlessly multiplying intensity.
Awakeness creates melodic death metal from Jelenia Góra in the Karkonosze Mountains since 2022. From this Silesian mountain spa town, they craft melodic extremity beneath the Giant Mountains' peaks.
Awakening Sun merges melodic death, thrash, and groove metal with metalcore from Vilnius since 2011. Their dawn-focused name drives over a decade of aggressive yet melodic compositions that span four overlapping subgenres.
Manchester's Awaker emerged in 2021 with progressive metal that balances technical ambition with emotional resonance, weaving intricate arrangements through dynamic shifts in mood and intensity. Their sound reflects the progressive metal tradition of bands like Haken and TesseracT.
Awaketh conjures raw black metal from the remote Galician town of Soutomaior since 2020, channeling the region's mist and isolation into stripped-down ferocity. Their lo-fi approach embraces the genre's most primitive traditions from Spain's rural northwest.
Away from the Sun is a modern metalcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2020. Blending melodic death metal with contemporary metalcore, the band weaves themes of psychoanalytic archetypes, philosophy, and misanthropy throughout their releases, including the albums Unity and Anima. Their sound draws on the melodic Gothenburg tradition while incorporating the rhythmic aggression of modern metalcore.
Athens' Awe craft mystical, contemplative black metal that explores themes of transcendence and spiritual revelation. Active since 2012, their minimalist name belies the depth and complexity of their approach to extreme metal.
Aweless plays heavy metal from Scandicci near Florence since 2016. Their name, meaning without awe, carries a fearless confidence that their Tuscan heavy metal delivers through straightforward riffing and powerful vocals.
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