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Agitat Solum creates sludge, stoner, and doom metal from Loures in the Lisbon district as of 2026. Their Latin name meaning 'shake the ground' captures the seismic heaviness of their freshly forged sound.
Agitation are a thrash metal band from the Tuttlingen/Villingen-Schwenningen area of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering riff-driven aggression from the Black Forest region. Their sound carries the relentless energy that defines thrash metal's most urgent traditions.
Aglomerat channels melodic death and groove metal from Nizhny Novgorod since 2023. Their industrial-materials name — an agglomerate being a mass of fused fragments — captures the welded-together quality of their dual-genre approach.
Agnata Fides are an atmospheric black metal and dark ambient band from Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, formed in April 2014 by a four-piece lineup including NaWotam on bass and vocals and DDøS on guitars and keyboards. Their self-titled debut album, released in November 2014 on Depressive Illusions Records and recorded at Aethyr Home Studio in Patos de Minas, blends raw black metal aggression with keyboard-driven ambience around themes of Luciferianism and Hyperborean mysticism.
Agnauseam is a groove and stoner metal band from Columbus, Ohio. The band blends heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzzed-out sensibility.
Thessaloniki's Agnes Vein are Greek underground legends who fuse epic doom with Hellenic black metal, drawing from influences spanning Bathory to Primordial to Sunn O))). Since 2003, they've shared stages with Manilla Road, Electric Wizard, and Conan, while albums like 'Duality,' 'Soulship,' and 'Deathcall' showcase their distinctive blend of crushing weight and philosophical depth.
Agnetub is a black/thrash metal band from Monterrey, Mexico, formed in 2024. Their debut release Desert Terrors, issued in April 2024, marks the band's entry into the Monterrey underground metal scene with a sound rooted in blackened thrash aggression.
Agnetub is a black/thrash metal band from Monterrey, Mexico, formed in 2024. Their debut release Desert Terrors, issued in April 2024, marks the band's entry into the Monterrey underground metal scene with a sound rooted in blackened thrash aggression.
Agnideva are a black metal band from Campina Grande, Paraíba, formed in 2009 and operating independently in Brazil's northeastern underground scene. Their lyrical focus is rooted in Vedic paganism and anti-Christian occultism, making them a rare voice in Brazilian black metal drawing on Hindu spiritual imagery rather than the genre's more typical Satanic or Norse frameworks.
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