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Árstíðir is a Reykjavík, Iceland folk and chamber pop trio formed in 2008 by Daníel Auðunsson, Gunnar Már Jakobsson, and Ragnar Ólafsson, whose music draws on classical composition, minimalism, and indie folk built around intricate three-part vocal harmonies. The band gained international attention in 2013 when a video of the trio performing an a cappella Icelandic hymn at a German train station went viral, and the following year they became the first Icelandic act to win the Eiserner Eversteiner European Folk Music Award. Their discography spans albums including Hvel (2015), the collaborative Verloren Verleden (2016) with Anneke van Giersbergen, Nivalis (2018), and Blik (2023). They have remained fully independent throughout their career, operating their own label in Iceland.
Ártemis is a gothic/doom metal band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, with roots tracing back to 2001 and a reformation around 2010. The band deals in melancholic, atmospheric metal with lyrical themes of love, longing, and the moon, representing a rare voice in the gothic doom scene of Brazil's northeastern interior.
Ásmegin is a folk, black, and Viking metal band from Jevnaker, Norway, formed in 1998, whose name translates from Old Norse as "Might of the Æsir." Their debut album Hin Vordende Sod & Sø (2003), released on Napalm Records, established them as one of the more ambitious acts in the Norse folk metal tradition, blending black metal aggression with traditional folk melodies, violin, and dual clean and harsh vocals. A second album, Arv, followed in 2008. Lyrics are composed primarily in Norwegian and Old Norse, rooting the band firmly in Scandinavian literary and mythological tradition.
Âmago is an atmospheric black metal band from São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, active since 2014. Emerging from a region of southern Brazil with a dense and established metal underground, the project pursues the introspective, nature-drenched aesthetics of atmospheric black metal with releases available through their Bandcamp page.
Ätherisch was a short-lived drone metal solo project from Osasco, São Paulo, active for roughly a year before dissolving in mid-2020. The project, handled entirely by Douglas Sinsuk, released two albums — "Der Triumph des Todes" and "Das Ende der Existenz" — both titled in German and rooted in existential and death-focused themes, channeled through heavy, minimalist drone soundscapes.
ÆGES is a Los Angeles, California post-hardcore and alternative metal band formed in 2011, featuring members drawn from Pelican, -16-, and The Rise. The band combines heavy, riff-forward guitar work rooted in 90s post-hardcore with melodic desert rock hooks and doom-inflected arrangements. Their 2014 album Above and Down Below is the centerpiece of their catalog, demonstrating an approach that draws from Quicksand, Soundgarden, and Queens of the Stone Age without directly imitating any of them. Their output is relatively limited in volume but appreciated within the underground heavy rock community for its density and craft.
Æolian is a melodic death metal band founded in Mallorca, Spain in 2016, featuring members with prior experience in the Balearic underground metal scene. Their debut album Silent Witness (2018) introduced an approach blending Gothenburg-influenced melodic death with threads of black metal and folk, and their follow-up The Negationist (2020) on Black Lion Records deepened that template while turning its lyrical focus entirely to environmental destruction and humanity's damage to the natural world. The band has drawn comparisons to Swedish melodic death progenitors while developing its own environmentally-conscious thematic identity. They signed to Black Lion Records ahead of The Negationist's release.
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Ébola is a death metal and deathcore band from Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed by guitarist and lead vocalist Mariano Cortés, drummer and backing vocalist Emanuel Ruiz Díaz, and bassist and backing vocalist David Bernasconi. The trio released their debut album "Síntomas" on December 6, 2014, a six-track record whose titles — "Camino Oscuro," "Placeres Internos," "Mente Retorcida," and others — reflect a preoccupation with dark psychological themes. The band registered the Ébola name and logo as a trademark in the Argentine federal district, underscoring their commitment to the project as a long-term independent act.
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