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Azoth is a thrash metal band from Brasília, Brazil, active since 2015. Named after the alchemical term for mercury and the philosophical universal solvent, the band delivers aggressive, riff-driven thrash rooted in the classic Bay Area and Brazilian traditions. They remain an active presence in the Brasília metal underground and maintain a Bandcamp profile through Azoth Recordings.
Epic Melodic Power Metal from Houston.
Aztakea crafts sludge and doom metal from Karlstad in Värmland since 2018. Their Mesoamerican-sounding name adds ancient civilizational weight to heavy, slow-moving compositions from this western Swedish lakeside city.
England's Aztec Winter create cavernous doom and drone metal that unfolds at glacial pace, enveloping the listener in dense layers of distortion and feedback. Since 2018, the project has explored the most minimal and meditative extremes of the doom spectrum.
Aztlán is a death metal band from Bahia, Brazil, founded by bassist/vocalist Marcello "Paganus" Antunes — an economist and historian with a deep focus on pre-Columbian civilizations. Drawing exclusively on Aztec mythology, cosmology, and history, the band blends old-school death metal with black and traditional heavy metal elements to narrate the stories of the Mexica empire. Their discography includes the 2018 single "Blood Offering," the 2019 EP "Entrance to Mictlán," and the 2025 EP "Xipe Totec," the latter of which earned six nominations in Roadie Crew's annual awards.
Azul Turquesa is a doom/black metal project from Paraíba, Brazil, founded by Mailton "Soturna Cröstä" Lemos as a DIY solo effort in late 2021 before expanding to a full lineup. The band blends the crushing weight of doom metal with the abrasive atmosphere of black metal, with vocals that shift between eerie spoken word and raw screams over slow, hypnotic riffs. Their debut demo and the EP "Pusilânime" explore themes of existential dread, depression, horror, and the macabre.
A 2026 atmospheric black metal project from the UK, Azuraz craft shimmering, transcendent soundscapes through layered tremolo melodies and ethereal atmospherics. Their approach to black metal emphasises beauty and grandeur over raw aggression.
Azure delivers melodic death metal from Järvenpää since 2011, their sky-blue name contrasting with the intensity of their sound. Their output contributes to the greater Helsinki region's deep well of melodic extreme metal.
Azure Agony has explored progressive metal from Cervignano del Friuli in the Udine province since 2009. Their color-pain name — the agony of blue — drives compositions of vivid emotional intensity from the Friulian lowlands near the Slovenian border.
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