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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Featured Metalcore Album
Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Anksunamon delivers brutal death metal from Lyon since 2017, their Egyptian-themed name evoking ancient pharaonic horror. Their sound channels the brutality of France's gastronomic capital through punishing, technically demanding compositions.
Antesser delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Smolensk since 2000. Over a quarter century from this ancient western Russian fortress city, they have maintained a relentless commitment to punishing extremity.
Aphotic delivers brutal death metal from the Fife, Glasgow, and Perth corridor since 2022, their lightless name evoking the crushing darkness of their sound. Their multi-city Scottish origins reflect a collaborative approach to brutality.
Aposthate has evolved from black and death metal into brutal death metal from Caltanissetta in central Sicily since 2010. Their heretical name drives extremity that has grown more punishing with each phase, deep in the Sicilian interior.
Appalling Testimony delivers brutal death metal from Kyiv since 2019. Their horrifying-witness name drives compositions of court-testimony-level brutality from the Ukrainian capital.
Architype explores progressive and brutal death metal from Saint Petersburg since 2011. Their design-pattern name drives over a decade of structurally ambitious compositions from Russia's architectural masterpiece of a city.
Arkenath delivers brutal death metal from Leeds since 2024, bringing fresh aggression to West Yorkshire's thriving extreme metal community. Their enigmatic name suits the dark, unfathomable depths of their brutal sound.
Arsebreed delivers brutal death metal from Den Helder at the northern tip of North Holland since 2015. Their confrontational name matches the uncompromising extremity of their sound from this Dutch naval base town.
Arthropodal Humanicide delivers punishing brutal death metal from Albacete, one of La Mancha's most unlikely metal strongholds, since 2016. Their insect-themed violence brings a distinctly clinical brutality to the Castilian extreme metal underground.
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