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Ab-Irato was a death metal band from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, one of the few extreme metal acts to emerge from Argentina's remote Patagonian south. The band contributed tracks including Adicto a la Ira, Gritos del Muerto, and Gangrena Cristiana to the regional compilations Memorias de Muerte IV (2005), Memorias de Muerte VII (2006), and Abismo Sureño (2007) before splitting up.
Sterling, Virginia deathcore project named after the Mortal Kombat blood code. Gaming culture meets crushing breakdowns from the DC suburbs.
Abacination creates death metal from Molenbeersel in Belgian Limburg since 2014, named after the medieval practice of blinding by heated metal. Their brutal nomenclature matches the unflinching extremity of their Flemish death metal.
Abaddon Codex are a symphonic death metal band from Linz who blend crushing death metal with orchestral arrangements. Their 2016 debut album The Human Parasite contains five tracks exploring themes of manipulation and existential ruin, with songs like 'Return of the Nephilim' and 'Contacting the Universe' showcasing the band's cinematic ambition.
Abaddon Hell creates deathcore from Moscow since 2012. Their doubly infernal name — naming both the angel of the abyss and his domain — drives over a decade of breakdown-heavy extremity from the Russian capital.
A veteran presence in Dublin's extreme scene since their original founding in the early 1990s (reformed 2022), Abaddon Incarnate traversed from black and death metal into full-bore grindcore over their career. Their relentless evolution has made them one of Ireland's most respected underground acts.
St. Louis death metal project named after the angel of the abyss. Gateway City destruction channeled through ancient demonic mythology.
Abaddonsheol is a Venezuelan black metal project formed in 2023, exploring themes of depression, existentialism, occultism, and loneliness. The project released a pair of singles and the EP Andras in 2023, followed by the single Emissary for a Mind of Dead Memories in 2024.
Abadir practices black metal from the lakeside city of Como in Lombardy since 2024. Named after a stone swallowed by the titan Cronus in Greek mythology, they bring ancient mythological weight to their northern Italian black metal.
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