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Alma Negra is a heavy and thrash metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, formed in 2017. Operating within Curitiba's well-established southern Brazilian metal scene, the band delivers a raw, riff-driven sound rooted in classic thrash and traditional heavy metal.
Alma Siniestra is a thrash metal band from Río Cuarto, in Córdoba Province, formed by guitarist and vocalist Damián González, guitarist Nicolás Ortiz, bassist Luciano Villarreal, and drummer Salvador Velázquez. The band issued the ten-track demo "Origen" in 2012 and followed it with their debut full-length "Violencia extrema", released in January 2016, drawing on influences from Kreator, Sepultura, and Pantera.
Black/doom metal project of unknown origin named after the fourth book of the Lemegeton. Grimoire-derived heaviness.
Minnesota black metal and funeral doom project named after Ptolemy's astronomical treatise. Ancient stargazing rendered through the genre's slowest and coldest forms.
Almagor is a death metal band from Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, formed in 2007, playing a brutal style that draws from both death metal and grindcore with Christian lyrical themes. The band released the EP Aborto comun in 2012 and their debut full-length Juzgados in 2014, earning recognition in Venezuela and across Latin America.
Almagor is a death metal band from Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, formed in 2007, playing a brutal style that draws from both death metal and grindcore with Christian lyrical themes. The band released the EP Aborto comun in 2012 and their debut full-length Juzgados in 2014, earning recognition in Venezuela and across Latin America.
Almah was a São Paulo progressive power metal band founded in 2006 by Edu Falaschi, who had previously fronted Angra for a decade. Falaschi left Angra in 2012 to focus entirely on Almah, releasing albums including 'Motion' (2011), 'Unfold' (2013), and 'E.V.O.' (2016), and the band performed at Rock in Rio (2013) and ProgPower USA (2015) before eventually going on indefinite hiatus.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey black metal project. The name's association with seasonal cycles and agricultural knowledge adds earthy wisdom to suburban extremity.
Almanach is a melodic death metal band from Flensburg, Germany, formed in 2015, bringing the Scandinavian-influenced melodeath sound to Germany's northernmost major city. The band works within the tradition of melodic death metal that balances aggression with memorable guitar harmonies.
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