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Aathma is a stoner and doom metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2009, whose extensive catalog includes The Call of Shiva, Decline Towers of Silence, Deadly Lake, Avesta, and Dust from a Dark Sun. The band's thematic range spans Eastern spirituality, environmental desolation, and Zoroastrian mythology, reflected in album titles that draw from diverse cultural and philosophical traditions.
Aatxe is a black/thrash and crust punk band from Huntsville, Alabama. Across two full-lengths — 2018's "Cardinal" and 2020's "Piros" — the band delivers a filthy collision of black metal tremolo, thrash velocity, and d-beat fury.
Aavah was a gothic/power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2005 until their eventual split-up. The band blended melodic power metal with gothic atmosphere and Christian lyrical themes, releasing the EP A Night in the Wild Garden in 2006 and the single Endless Ocean in 2008. Their lineup featured vocalist Paula Kel alongside a full ensemble recorded through Kidman Estúdio.
A gothic metal band from Münster, Germany, active since 2004, Aavas craft dark, atmospheric compositions that draw on the melancholic traditions of European gothic metal. Their catalog includes albums such as Sepulcretum, Fairyland, and Desertification, each reflecting the project's evolution over two decades.
Los Angeles symphonic metal project whose Latin name means 'from eternity.' Orchestral grandeur and heavy metal from Hollywood's back yard.
Ab Aeterno is a gothic metal band from Quilmes, Buenos Aires Province, founded in 2006 as a studio project by vocalist Carina Alvarez and bassist Damian Bordese, alongside guitarist Ivan Iñiguez, keyboardist Juan Pablo Paravia, and drummer Fernando De Cristofaro. The band released the album Our Own Closure in 2014 and made their live debut in 2008 at Pepsi Music as guests of Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, also appearing on Argentina's first Dream Theater tribute album Sincity The Dreams Go On.
Ab Imo Pectore practices black metal from an undisclosed Portuguese location since 2012. Their Latin phrase meaning 'from the bottom of the heart' brings unexpected sincerity to the genre's typically cold misanthropy.
Ab Noctem blends black metal with folk elements from Alessandria in Piedmont since 2014. Their Latin name meaning 'from the night' guides compositions that weave nocturnal atmosphere through both extreme metal aggression and traditional melodic passages.
Black metal band from Sion, Switzerland, whose 2010 album "Grey" features five untitled tracks named only by Roman numerals and was recorded at their own underground bunker studio. The album explores themes of darkness and occultism, crafted by a five-member lineup under the stripped-down, secretive aesthetic typical of Swiss black metal.
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