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Altheria is a melodic death and thrash metal band from Polva in southeastern Estonia, formed in 2014, combining melodic death metal's harmonic guitar work with thrash's aggressive velocity. The band brings extreme metal to one of Estonia's smaller, more rural regions.
Altherya merges heavy and progressive metal from the Alsatian city of Colmar since 2018, bringing structural ambition to the Rhine valley's metal scene. Their fantastical name evokes the otherworldly quality of their genre-bridging compositions.
Althru is an experimental grindcore and death metal side project from Hamburg, Germany, formed by two-thirds of the band dxtxpxcxoxlxox, featuring A. on guitar, bass, taglharpa, and throat singing, N. on vocals and synth, and E. on drums. Their 2024 EP Nidar Effigy packs seven tracks into roughly twelve minutes of chaotic, dissonant extremity that blends avant-garde instrumentation with brutal death metal intensity.
Altjira merges heavy and thrash metal from Parma since 2017, named after the Aboriginal Australian sky deity who dreamed the world into existence. This cross-hemispheric mythological reference lends cosmic weight to their Emilian metal.
Altlut creates doom and post-metal from Iași since 2022. From this northeastern Romanian university city with deep literary and artistic traditions, they craft patient, atmospheric heaviness.
Emerging from the small Asturian coastal town of Navia in 2022, Alto Riesgo delivers unpretentious heavy metal with the blue-collar intensity their name implies. Their sound carries the rugged spirit of northern Spain's industrial heritage.
Altona creates progressive metal and rock from Istanbul since 2012. Named after a historic Hamburg neighborhood, over a decade of compositions bridge Turkish and German cultural influences from the Bosphorus.
Altruismus is a gothic metal band from Dortmund, Germany, formed in 2011, working within the dark, melodic framework of gothic metal that has deep roots in the German scene. The band explores themes of emotional weight and contrast through the genre's signature blend of heaviness and atmosphere.
Saint Paul, Minnesota progressive metal project. The selfless name adds ethical dimension to technical heaviness from the Twin Cities.
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