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Abomination channels death metal from the industrial town of Mänttä since 2015, adding to Finland's seemingly bottomless well of extreme metal talent. Their straightforward name matches their uncompromising approach to brutality.
Abomination is a thrash metal band from Brasília formed in 2015, operating in the underground tradition of the Brazilian federal capital's metal scene. Playing aggressive, no-frills thrash metal, the band carries on the South American extreme thrash legacy in a city better known for bureaucracy than brutality.
Death metal project of unknown origin. The Latinized name's putrid promise delivers exactly what death metal demands.
Abominations are an old-school death metal band from Bremen, Germany, whose Lovecraft-tinged horror themes permeate releases like Summoning Death and the 2021 compilation Realms of Horror, which collects their remastered demos. Their eight-track catalog channels the classic sound of early death metal with relentless energy and dark literary inspiration.
Minnesota death metal project. The name leaves no room for subtlety — total annihilation from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Abominatus is a black metal band from Garanhuns, Pernambuco in Brazil's northeast, formed around 2001 under the name Melancholic before adopting their current identity. The band plays satanic and anti-Christian black metal and released the album Kill the Christians in 2011, featuring symphonic elements layered over orthodox black metal hostility.
Philadelphia death metal project. The name elevates abomination to an ideology — a philosophy of revulsion from the City of Brotherly Love.
Abominor has practiced black metal from Reykjavík since 2015, contributing to the Icelandic capital's internationally renowned black metal community. Their sound emerges from the same volcanic cultural landscape that has produced some of the genre's most distinctive modern voices.
Abominor was a black metal band from Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, active from 2015 until their split-up. The band played dissonant, uncompromising black metal and released recordings including Oration MMXVI and Source of Chaos during their run in the Brazilian underground.
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