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Halmstad, SE · 2019–present · active
Avsmak crafts melodic and technical death and black metal from Halmstad since 2019. Their Swedish name meaning 'distaste' drives compositions of refined repulsion from the western Swedish city that produced In Flames.
Jyväskylä, FI · 2024–present · active
AVSR channels progressive melodic death metal from Jyväskylä in central Finland since 2024. Their abbreviated identity from this lakeland university city keeps the focus on their technically ambitious compositions.
Brescia, IT · 2017–present · active
Avtotheism has evolved from brutal to technical death metal from Brescia since 2017. Their name — suggesting self-deification — drives music of relentless technical precision from this Lombard industrial city.
Madrid, ES · 2015–present · active
Founded by the legendary Dave Rotten in 1991, Avulsed is one of Spain's most important death metal bands, with a discography spanning six full-lengths from "Eminence in Putrescence" to "Deathgeneration." Their three-decade run on labels like Repulse and Xtreem Music has made them a cornerstone of the Madrid extreme metal scene.
Nottinghamshire, GB · 2014–present · active
Nottinghamshire's Avulsion Rupture unleash a savage hybrid of black and death metal marked by clinical precision and visceral brutality. Active since 2014, their name alone telegraphs the uncompromising violence of their musical output.
Belgrade, RS · 2008–present · active
Awaiting Fear delivers death metal from Belgrade since 2008. Nearly two decades of dread-anticipation from the Serbian capital have produced a substantial body of death metal that explores the terror of what approaches.
Jelenia Góra, PL · 2022–present · active
Awakeness creates melodic death metal from Jelenia Góra in the Karkonosze Mountains since 2022. From this Silesian mountain spa town, they craft melodic extremity beneath the Giant Mountains' peaks.
Vilnius, LT · 2011–present · active
Awakening Sun merges melodic death, thrash, and groove metal with metalcore from Vilnius since 2011. Their dawn-focused name drives over a decade of aggressive yet melodic compositions that span four overlapping subgenres.
Midlands, GB · 2012–present · active
Midlands-based Awoke blend death metal brutality with grindcore velocity, creating short, explosive salvos of extreme metal fury. Since 2012, they've operated at the intersection of these two genres with a relentless, no-frills approach.

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