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Axetasy is a power and speed metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2021, channeling the high-velocity riffing and soaring melodies that define the power and speed metal traditions. The band brings a fresh take on the genre's most exhilarating qualities to the Baden-Wurttemberg scene.
Axewielder is a heavy metal band from Bruhl near Cologne, Germany, active since 2002, whose name declares their commitment to the guitar-driven core of heavy metal. With over two decades of activity, the band stands as a fixture of the Rhineland's heavy metal community.
Axewitch has played heavy metal from Linköping in Östergötland, originally formed in the early 1980s and reformed for renewed activity from 2019. Their occult-weapon name carries NWOBHM-era heritage through Swedish heavy metal built on classic traditions.
Axez is a thrash metal band from Varna, Bulgaria, formed in 2013 under the name Black Widow before rebranding in 2014. Their self-titled debut album (2017) was recorded at Urban House Studio in Sofia and mastered at Studio33 in Varna, delivering eight tracks of straightforward, riff-driven thrash metal.
Axhom brings death metal to Valencia since 2019, adding to the Valencian Community's growing roster of extreme metal acts. Their sound taps into the brutal side of the Mediterranean metal underground.
Axia delivers death metal and grindcore from Porto since 2018. Their Greek-derived name meaning 'value' or 'worth' brings philosophical weight to extreme metal from northern Portugal.
Axia was a heavy metal band from Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2018 and active until their split. Playing straightforward traditional heavy metal in the Brazilian underground mold, the band recorded and released material before disbanding.
Axial Lead explores progressive metal and rock from Bucharest since 2013. Named after the electronic component packaging style, their technical name suits the precision-engineered quality of their compositions from the Romanian capital.
Axial Symmetry combines death and thrash metal from Dublin, active since 2013. Their mathematical name suggests the geometric precision they bring to extreme metal's structural demands.
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