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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Philadelphia crust-punk-meets-black-metal-meets-thrash outfit active since 2012 with a prolific output of splits, EPs, and full-lengths. Their sound is raw, politically charged, and draws equally from Discharge and Darkthrone.
Alendalua channels atmospheric black metal from Ourense in Galicia since 2016. From this thermal-springs city in Spain's Celtic-influenced northwest, they craft black metal that draws from the region's misty, verdant landscape.
Los Angeles melodic black/death metal project blending Scandinavian-influenced tremolo work with death metal heft. Absence of Light established their template of atmospheric extremity with a melodic core.
Raleigh, North Carolina death metal project named after the mathematical concept of the smallest infinity. Infinite extremity from the Research Triangle.
Aleph Null is a stoner sludge trio from Dusseldorf, Germany, featuring Philip on guitars and vocals, Carsten on bass, and Jens on drums. Their releases, including the EPs Dale and Belladonna and the full-lengths Nocturnal and Endtime Sisters, deliver the low-end heaviness and hazy intensity that define the stoner sludge sound.
New Hampshire black metal project. Granite State darkness channeled through atmospheric extremity.
Alerion brings black metal from the historic fortress city of Verdun since 2011, drawing from the weight of one of France's most war-scarred landscapes. Their heraldic name, referencing a legendary eagle, suits music forged in a city defined by sacrifice and endurance.
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Alerta Vermelho was a crossover/thrash band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed by veteran underground musicians who swapped roles to channel raw punk and thrash energy. Their 2024 EP "Zero" — a six-track, 15-minute release on Metalpunk Overkill Records — fused punk aggression with metallic weight and was recorded entirely in Portuguese, arriving on limited-edition orange cassette. The band drew from a lineage of Belo Horizonte crossover acts and influences ranging from Misfits and Hüsker Dü to Brazilian punk outfits like Replicantes and Plebe Rude before splitting up shortly after the release.
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