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Adrenochrome is a death metal and grindcore band from Rhode Island's Blackstone Valley. Their 2022 full-length "In Memoriam" delivers ten tracks of relentless extremity rooted in the New England grind tradition.
Adrenocromo thrashes from Lucca, the walled Tuscan city, since 2018. Named after the compound at the center of countless conspiracy theories, they bring paranoid intensity and breakneck speed to the region's metal scene.
Adrestia delivers death metal and crust from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Named after the Greek goddess of revolt and equilibrium, they channel divine justice through aggressive compositions.
Adrex is a black metal project from New Jersey. Their 2024 debut "Beautiful souvenirs torn apart" is a dense, fourteen-track full-length that mines emotional devastation through a distinctly raw and personal black metal lens.
Adrian Weiss is a progressive metal guitarist and solo artist from Düsseldorf, Germany, currently active in bands Gloryfull, Warrant, and SubOrbital. His four instrumental solo albums — Big Time, Easy Game, Criminal Record, and Dangerous Discipline — showcase his technical command across prog-metal and melodic instrumental rock, building on his earlier work with ThoughtSphere and Forces at Work.
Adrianachrome creates depressive and post-black metal from Novokuznetsk in Kemerovo Oblast since 2024. Their pharmacological name — evoking the oxidized form of adrenaline — drives compositions of neurochemical despair from the Kuznetsk Basin.
Adriano Arguelho is a shred and heavy metal guitarist from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, operating as a solo project since 2022. Drawing on the tradition of Brazilian instrumental guitar, the project emphasizes technical, high-speed fretwork rooted in heavy metal.
Adrienne is a metalcore band from Massachusetts. With a self-titled EP in 2021 and "Summer's Beginning" in 2023, the band plays emotionally charged metalcore that draws from the rich hardcore and metal traditions of the New England scene.
Adrift is a progressive death metal band from the small Southern Illinois town of Du Quoin. Their 2006 EP "Waterloo" is a compact three-track statement blending progressive ambition with death metal weight, emerging from an unlikely corner of the Midwest metal underground.
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