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Abyssus is a black metal band from Acworth, Georgia. Active since 2012, the band has built a discography of six releases including splits, EPs, and full-lengths, with 2022's "Death Revival" marking their most recent assault of orthodox black metal.
Dallas, Texas thrash metal project. The Latin-styled spelling of 'abyss' adds classical gravitas to DFW thrash.
Intense Heavy Metal from El Paso.
Abytheon is an atmospheric doom and progressive death metal band from Portland, Oregon. Their 2019 EP "The Mists of Ithriel (Part 2)" weaves epic, fantasy-tinged narratives through a foundation of crushing doom and progressive death metal.
Abythic are a death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, whose albums Beneath Ancient Portals and A Full Negation of Existence explore cavernous, old-school death metal territories. Active since 2015, the band embody NRW's status as a hotbed for quality underground death metal in the European scene.
Abyzou is a death metal project originally from Phoenix, Arizona, now based in New York. Remarkably prolific in 2022-2023, the project released over a dozen EPs, singles, and splits exploring varied corners of death metal, from synthesized renditions to nautical-themed concept pieces.
Abyzouth is a blackened death metal band from New York City. Their 2021 EP "Wrathbringer" delivers five tracks of venomous blackened death metal from the concrete underground.
Ab·est are a post-metal band from Göttingen, Germany, signed to Moment of Collapse Records, who have been building a substantial catalog since 2012. With releases spanning from their Demo MMXII through Molten Husk and Into a Mirrored Hall, they craft dense, layered post-metal that has earned them a dedicated following in the European underground.
Abîme delivers raw black metal from Lyon since 2017, their French word for "abyss" reflecting the bottomless hostility of their sound. The project embraces the genre's most unpolished aesthetic from one of France's largest cities.
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