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Ageless Summoning delivers death metal from the Glasgow and Edinburgh corridor since 2018, drawing from Scotland's two largest cities to create a unified assault. Their timeless name captures the ancient forces their brutal sound invokes.
Minneapolis NWOTHM and power metal project. Immortal combat rendered in classic metal from the Twin Cities.
Agenbite Misery is an experimental black/sludge metal project from New Hampshire. Named after a Middle English phrase meaning 'remorse of conscience,' the project's 2026 full-length "Remorse of Conscience" makes that translation explicit across eight tracks of abrasive, genre-blurring extremity.
California/Philadelphia grindcore and thrash project. The politically charged name channels contempt through cross-country extremity.
Agent Fresco are an Icelandic progressive rock band whose music blends art-rock dynamics, math-minded rhythms, post-hardcore intensity, and metal-adjacent weight. Formed in Reykjavik in 2008, the group quickly drew attention for unusually expressive musicianship: Arnor Dan Arnarson's elastic voice, Hrafnkell Oskarsson's intricate guitar work, Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson's bass movement, and Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson's restless drumming. A Long Time Listening introduced the band's sweeping emotional range, while Destrier became a landmark, joining grief, tension, and technical detail in songs such as "Dark Water," "Howls," "See Hell," and "Wait for Me." Agent Fresco fit metal-adjacent and progressive-metal scope even though they are not confined to metal; their arrangements carry heavy crescendos, odd meters, and a physical intensity that aligns with progressive heavy music. Their best work feels both precise and exposed. Complex parts never sound like exercises, because the vocals and emotional stakes remain central. Agent Fresco make technical music that breathes, using intricacy to heighten feeling rather than hide behind it.
Agent Hellfire are a thrash metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2020, who fuse heavy metal riffs with punk velocity in a crossover style informed by over three decades of the subgenre's history. Their music champions freedom and anti-tyranny themes with passionate intensity.
Agent Orange plays heavy metal from Bisingen in the Swabian Alb since 2023, their provocative name referencing the notorious Vietnam War defoliant. From this small Baden-Württemberg town, they deliver straightforward heavy metal with a confrontational edge.
Agent Orange Bath Tank delivers brutal death metal from Nizhny Novgorod since 2018. Their chemical-warfare name brings military-industrial horror to the brutal death metal they craft from this Volga-Oka confluence city.
Drawing from the raw fury of Disrupt, Agathocles, and early Napalm Death, Agent Patogen has been unleashing relentless death-grindcore from Madrid since 2011. Their extensive catalogue, including "The Pathogen" and "Consequences of Human Negligence," delivers old-school grindcore savagery with unfiltered intensity.
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