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Alarm are a heavy metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, maintaining a Bandcamp presence and contributing to the long tradition of Prague-based metal that stretches back to the 1980s. The band operates as an independent act within the Czech capital's metal scene.
Alarma delivers death metal from Haapajärvi in the North Ostrobothnia region since 2009. From this small central Finnish town surrounded by forests and lakes, they have sustained over fifteen years of death metal far from the country's metropolitan centers.
Tampa, Florida progressive metal project. A single word of regret from the city that knows extreme music best.
Alas del Dragon is a heavy metal band from San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras. The band released their debut full-length, Tómenlo o déjenlo, in 2021, a Spanish-language record with tracks addressing social and everyday themes. They remain an independent act on the Honduran metal scene.
Dallas, Texas NWOTHM project. The Spanish name — 'black wings' — adds Latin American flavor to DFW traditional metal.
Alas, Tyranny is a symphonic black/death metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. With three releases between 2008 and 2015, including the full-length "Monolithic," the band layers orchestral sweep over aggressive blackened death metal from the heart of the South.
Alaska merges black and heavy metal from North Yorkshire since 2006, creating an unusual fusion of extreme and traditional styles. Two decades of activity from the Yorkshire Dales speak to sustained commitment in one of England's most scenic regions.
Alasteth is a black metal band from the Solingen and Essen area of Germany, formed in 2019, channeling the cold aggression and atmospheric darkness characteristic of the German black metal underground. The band maintains a low profile consistent with the genre's tradition of obscurity.
A black metal band from Mons formed in 2003 by the pseudonymous WxTen, with an approach that grafts thrash, death, and crust punk influences onto a raw black metal foundation, citing Watain, Darkthrone, and Mgla as touchstones. The band has shared stages with Cirith Gorgor, Bestial Mockery, and Nocturnal Depression, and released the EP Ascension of Rage among other recordings.
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