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Founded in September 2013 in Krems an der Donau, The Art of Fading play modern melodic death metal and deathcore, combining driving riffs and heavy breakdowns with melodic passages. They released their debut EP "Principles" in October 2014 and have performed alongside Evergreen Terrace and I Declare War, building their name in the Central European extreme metal circuit.
The Art of Wizarding from Lleida in Catalonia channel black metal through a mystical, sorcery-themed lens since 2020. Their fantastical name frames compositions of atmospheric darkness from the Catalan interior, where ancient Iberian mysticism meets Scandinavian-influenced extremity.
The Article is a melodic death metal band from Frankfurt, Germany, formed in 2012. They deliver melodic death metal with harmonic guitar work from the Hessian capital.
The Ascension is a death metal band from Budapest, Hungary, formed in 2013. They deliver powerful, driving death metal with a focus on aggressive songwriting and dynamic arrangements.
The Ataris began in Anderson, Indiana in 1996 as Kris Roe's vehicle for emotionally direct punk rock, eventually becoming one of the more recognizable names in late-1990s and early-2000s pop punk. Anywhere but Here and Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits established the early sound: fast tempos, earnest vocals, and lyrics shaped by distance, regret, travel, and romantic memory. End Is Forever kept the melodic punk core intact, while So Long, Astoria gave the band its biggest moment through polished songwriting, "In This Diary," and a widely heard cover of "The Boys of Summer." Welcome the Night later moved into darker, more spacious alternative rock, showing Roe's willingness to stretch beyond scene expectations. The Ataris' music belongs in the punk and emo scope because its emotional language is guitar-driven and immediate, even when the production becomes more expansive. Across many lineup changes, the constant has been Roe's writing voice: nostalgic, wounded, road-worn, and committed to the idea that a loud chorus can preserve a feeling before it disappears completely.
Chicago's The Atlas Moth have been one of the defining voices in American atmospheric sludge metal since 2008, painting enormous sonic canvases with crushing low-end riffs, psychedelic textures, and a melodic sensibility that elevates their music well beyond the genre's baseline heaviness. The city's industrial grit runs through everything they create, but so does an unexpected lyricism that sets them apart from their peers.
Heavy metal band from São Paulo, active from 2013 until splitting up, with a lineup featuring Edson Francisco on lead vocals, Diego Sousa on guitar, Jeferson Dias on rhythm guitar, Douglas Souza on bass, and Felipe de Paula on drums. The band released the EP Soldiers of Metal on March 15, 2013.
The Atrocity Exhibit from Northampton deliver grindcore and death metal named after J.G. Ballard's experimental novel since 2010. Over fifteen years of literary-inspired extremity from the Midlands shoe-capital has channeled avant-garde fiction through relentless blast beats.
New York's The Atrocity Tourist treat avant-garde metal as a framework for sustained strangeness, building music since 2015 that resists easy categorization and seems designed to unsettle rather than satisfy. Their work reflects the confrontational, art-damaged spirit of the New York underground, where extremity and experimentation have never been far apart.
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