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Abulto is a death and thrash metal band from Palencia in Castile and Leon, Spain, formed in 2021, whose 2021 debut Almacabra delivers four tracks of death metal exploring religious themes of apostasy, redemption, and resurrection. The album was mixed and mastered by Ton Moreno at Grindahaus Studios and released through Base Record Production.
Abused plays thrash metal with death metal and death 'n' roll influences from Stockholm since 2015. Their name of victimhood drives a decade of aggressive compositions that channel damage into musical violence.
Abysal delivers death metal from Włocławek in Kujawy-Pomerania since 1998, over a quarter century of activity from this Vistula River city. Their deep-sea name reflects the submerged brutality they have sustained across decades.
A death-thrash metal band from Augsburg, Germany, active since 2014, Abysmal channel aggression through the crossover of death and thrash metal traditions. Operating from the heart of Bavarian Swabia, they contribute to southern Germany's robust extreme metal underground.
Abysmal Decay delivers death metal from Glasgow since 2025, representing Scotland's newest generation of extreme metal. Their putrefying name promises the rot and decomposition at the core of their sound.
A Brussels death metal quintet risen from the ashes of Dehuman, featuring members also known from Putrid Offal, Neptunian Maximalism, and Saqra's Cult. Their 2025 debut LP Dismal Thoughts, released on Nuclear Winter Records, channels old-school death metal filtered through a doom-laden, Incantation-adjacent atmosphere with notable progressive and black metal undercurrents.
Abysmal Dissonance are a death metal band from the Linz-Land district of Upper Austria with a raw, grinding approach evident in track titles like 'Life Termination,' 'The Chainsaw,' and 'Impending Doom.' The band operates deep in the underground with minimal public profile, releasing their material through their own Bandcamp page.
Abysmal Spectre merges black metal, death metal, and progressive metal from the East Anglian city of Norwich since 2018, creating a sophisticated hybrid of extreme styles. Their phantasmal name evokes the ghostly depths their compositions explore.
Abysmal Torment has delivered brutal death metal from Birkirkara in Malta since 2014, establishing themselves as one of the island nation's most internationally recognized extreme metal acts. Their decade-plus body of work brings punishing brutality from a country smaller than most European cities.
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