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Aborticide was a brutal death metal band from Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, formed in 2009. The band played in the tradition of Brazilian brutal death metal with themes of demonology and darkness, and contributed to the compilation Warriors of Morbid Moon Vol. 2 before disbanding.
Abortion delivers death metal, crust, and grindcore from Nitra since 1997. Nearly three decades from this western Slovak city, they have produced one of the country's most enduring extreme metal legacies.
Abortion Survivor is a death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their 2023 EP "The Laboratory: Chapter 2" delivers six tracks of unrelenting death metal from the City of Brotherly Love's underground.
Abortismo is a crossover thrash/punk band from Glew, Buenos Aires Province, featuring vocalist Lazaro Infante, guitarist Ariel Zurita, and the Marmet brothers on bass and drums. The band released their self-titled EP in February 2019, recorded and produced by Damian Nayar at Neurótico Records in Buenos Aires.
A death metal and grindcore band from Brasília formed in 2017, operating in the tradition of Brazilian extreme metal with the short, brutal blasts characteristic of the grind style. Working out of the country's capital — less historically prominent in extreme metal than São Paulo or Belo Horizonte — the band contributes to a growing underground scene in the city.
Aborym pioneered industrial black metal from Taranto before expanding into broader industrial metal and rock territory, remaining active since their 2006-era reformation. Known for featuring members with ties to prominent Italian and Norwegian black metal scenes, they represent one of Italy's most internationally recognized extreme industrial projects.
Milford, Connecticut grindcore, hardcore punk, and powerviolence project. A trio of aggressive genres from small-town Connecticut.
Above Aurora blends black and doom metal from Poznań since 2016. Their celestial name — pointing to what lies beyond the northern lights — drives atmospheric compositions from the historical capital of Greater Poland.
Above Oceans brings metalcore from the Rhône Valley city of Valence since 2014, combining crushing breakdowns with melodic passages in the tradition of modern heavy music. Their aquatic name evokes rising above the depths their heaviness plumbs.
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