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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Of Stone, Wind, & Pillor (Remastered) (2021)
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Abnegate channels groove metal from Milan since 2013, their name meaning 'to deny' reflecting the confrontational stance of their rhythm-heavy approach. The Lombard capital's industrial edge suits their mechanical, riff-driven sound.
Abneigung practices black metal from the mountain village of Gallio in the Veneto Prealps since 2018. Their German-language name meaning 'aversion' matches the misanthropic isolation of their Alpine setting, far from Italy's urban metal centers.
Abnoba practices black metal from Birkirkara in Malta since 2022, named after the Celtic-Gaulish goddess of the Black Forest. From one of Malta's most densely populated towns, they bring a continental European mythological framework to the tiny Mediterranean island's metal scene.
Abnorma has unleashed death metal from Turin since 2023, a fresh addition to Piedmont's extreme metal landscape. Their name signals deviation from the norm, delivered through the brutal vocabulary of modern death metal.
Athens' Abnormal Inhumane deliver brutal death metal of unrelenting savagery, built on guttural vocals, blast-beat barrages, and slamming breakdowns. Since 2011, they've been a punishing presence in Greece's extreme metal underground.
Abnormal Sickness creates death metal and grindcore from Katowice in Upper Silesia since 2011. From the industrial heartland of Poland, they channel the region's coal-and-steel heritage into grinding extremity.
Abnormality is a technical and brutal death metal band from Marlborough, Massachusetts. Fronted by vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy, the band released two acclaimed full-lengths — 2016's "Mechanisms of Omniscience" and 2019's "Sociopathic Constructs" — cementing their place among the most punishing acts in the New England death metal scene.
A thrash metal band from Lübeck, Germany, Abnormity have been honing their craft since 2008 in the port city on the Baltic coast. Their sound draws on the rich tradition of German thrash, delivering riff-driven intensity with the tenacity of the northern German underground.
Abnormyndeffect delivers grindcore and death metal from Chișinău, Moldova's capital, since 2003. Over two decades of activity, they have established themselves as one of the most enduring extreme metal acts in a country with a small but dedicated scene.
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