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Garden City, Long Island melodic death metal project. The biological term for a needle-like structure fits the precision of their Scandinavian-influenced approach.
Acid is an atmospheric black metal and shoegaze project from Rock Hill, South Carolina. Their 2023 output — an EP and the full-length "Debossed" — blends tremolo-picked black metal with shimmering shoegaze textures and dreamy atmospherics.
San Diego black metal project. The name's chemical violence makes no compromises from Southern California's extreme underground.
Acid Age blends progressive and thrash metal from Belfast since 2013, bringing over a decade of compositional ambition to Northern Ireland's metal scene. Their psychedelic-era name hints at the mind-expanding dimension of their thrash.
Acid Angel is a thrash and groove metal band. The band fuses thrash metal's speed with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Acid Arno delivers stoner, drone, and doom metal from Berlin since 2024, channeling the German capital's experimental music legacy into crushing, psychedelic heaviness. Their irreverent name pairs chemical corrosion with casual familiarity.
Legendary sludge metal band from Houma, Louisiana, whose two albums When the Kite String Pops and Paegan Terrorism Tactics became cornerstones of the genre. Blending doom, death metal, and Southern gothic darkness with Dax Riggs' haunting vocals, Acid Bath disbanded in 1997 after the tragic death of bassist Audie Pitre.
New Orleans death/doom project. The opposite of their sonic cousins Acid Bath — creation through corrosion from the Crescent City.
Acid Blade are a heavy metal band from Dresden, Germany, who have been flying the flag of traditional metal since 2019. With releases like the Angel Blade Demo, Demo 2021, Power Dive, and Shooting Star, they deliver classic heavy metal with the energy and DIY spirit of the East German underground revival.
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