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Aka Funeral is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte founded in 2014, centering their work on Luciferian Gnosis, occultism, and philosophy. Their debut album "Stormy Tide" (2016) was recorded at Riff Studio with a logo designed by Christophe Szpajdel, and they followed it with the full-length "The Endless Eye" (2019) released through Songs for Satan on a limited pressing of 500 copies.
Whittier, California black metal project named after the Zoroastrian demon of evil intent. Ancient Persian darkness from the LA suburbs.
Eugene, Oregon metalcore and power metal hybrid. A provocative name from the Pacific Northwest's most liberal college town.
Akaamelda is a one-man melodic death metal project from Buenos Aires, created by Alexey Ermakov, that draws on the classic Scandinavian style of the genre. The debut album Death Equals Relief was released in November 2024, followed by the expanded Epitaph Edition in March 2025, featuring thirteen tracks built around melodic guitar harmonies, heavy riffs, and themes of grief and despair. The project blends melancholic atmosphere with the high-energy drive of early 1990s melodic death metal.
Akallabêth was a folk metal band from Aracaju, Sergipe, whose very name comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's account of the downfall of Númenor — a fitting tribute for a band weaving fantasy-literary themes into their heavy sound. Active in the 2010s before splitting up, they were one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Sergipe's underground scene.
Haverhill, Massachusetts death metal project. Merrimack Valley extremity from the birthplace of Dustin Pedroia.
Akant has evolved from hardcore into thrash metal from Púchov in the Považie region since 2018. Their plant-genus name — the acanthus — brings botanical Greek heritage to compositions from this small Váh River town.
Karditsa's Akantha channel dark, thorny black metal from the heart of Thessaly, their name (Greek for 'thorn') perfectly capturing the piercing aggression of their sound. Active since 2018, they contribute to central Greece's growing black metal presence.
Akasava delivers doom metal from the Norman port of Le Havre since 2015, named after the character from the horror film classic. Their cinematic inspiration feeds slow, crushing compositions drawn from the Seine estuary's grey, industrial atmosphere.
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