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A deathcore outfit from Mühldorf am Inn, Germany, formed in 2023, A Rising Chapter blend brutal heaviness with catchy, partly harmonious melodies to carve out a distinct identity within the genre. Their releases include the Forlorn Hope EP and the full-length I N A N I M A T E, showcasing a band intent on standing out through dynamic songwriting rather than pure aggression.
Hailing from Witten, Germany, A Sable Opiate deliver aggressive yet melodic black metal with a modern edge. Their 2016 debut A Passage to the Yews is a concise six-track offering released on digipack CD, featuring artwork by Max Neumann and a sound praised for its fresh take on the genre's conventions.
Crushing Deathcore out of Texas.
Georgia doom metal project. The name paints an apocalyptic ocean of bone — mass death rendered as geography, fitting for the genre's fixation on oblivion.
A progressive death metal band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, formed in 2015 and catalogued in the Encyclopaedia Metallum. They operate within the technically demanding intersection of progressive and death metal, a style that has seen steady growth in Brazil's interior state of Minas Gerais alongside peers drawing from both the complexity of prog and the brutality of death metal.
A Second of Silence is a metalcore band from Mexico City, Mexico, originally formed in 2003 and known for their use of masks on stage. After a hiatus the band regrouped in 2014, releasing the EP Dying Light in 2015 and continuing to develop their debut album Between Shadows and Oblivion, drawing influences from As I Lay Dying, Slipknot, and Lamb of God.
A Second of Silence is a metalcore band from Mexico City, Mexico, originally formed in 2003 and known for their use of masks on stage. After a hiatus the band regrouped in 2014, releasing the EP Dying Light in 2015 and continuing to develop their debut album Between Shadows and Oblivion, drawing influences from As I Lay Dying, Slipknot, and Lamb of God.
A Secret Ending crafts symphonic and melodic death metal from an undisclosed Lithuanian location since 2020. Their narrative name suggests hidden resolutions revealed through the dramatic interplay of orchestral arrangements and extreme metal aggression.
A Sense of Gravity is a progressive metal and djent band from Seattle, Washington. Across two full-lengths — 2014's "Travail" and 2016's "Atrament" — the band crafts dense, polyrhythmic compositions that balance technical complexity with dynamic songwriting.
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