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Mainz, DE · 2014–present · active
Affective Insanity are a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Mainz, Germany, active since 2014, with releases including the album Post Mortem. Operating from the Rhineland-Palatinate capital, they blend death metal aggression with metalcore dynamics and melodic sensibility.
Tyumen, RU · 2014–present · active
Afferatus delivers death metal from Tyumen in western Siberia since 2014. From this major oil-industry city, they channel over a decade of Siberian brutality through the industrial energy of the Tyumen region.
Oslo, NO · 2014–present · active
Afflicted Creation delivers deathcore from Oslo since 2014. Their plague-forged name drives compositions of breakdown-heavy aggression from the Norwegian capital.
Trieste, IT · 2020–present · active
Affliction Vector merges black and death metal from Trieste since 2020, their epidemiological name suggesting disease transmission through extreme music. From this northeastern Adriatic port city at Italy's Slovenian border, they spread their particular strain of dual-genre virulence.
Bilbao, ES · 2012–present · active
Afflictive Emasculation is a brutal death metal band from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2012, whose 2012 debut Obscure Slam Vomition delivers seven tracks of slamming brutal death metal across thirty-one minutes. The band channels the most extreme end of death metal with compositions like Against Omnipresent Meekness and Overindulgence in Violence.
Stockholm, SE · 2009–present · active
Afgrund has delivered death metal, grindcore, and punk from Stockholm since 2009. Named after the Swedish word for 'abyss,' over fifteen years of bottom-feeding extremity have established them in the capital's underground.
Athens, GR · 2015–present · active
Athens' Aforism merge black and death metal into compositions of philosophical weight and sonic brutality. Since 2015, they've carved a niche in the Greek extreme metal scene with their intellectually driven approach to aggression.
Copenhagen, DK · 2024–present · active
Afstumpet is a death metal and grindcore band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2024, whose Danish name meaning 'blunted' or 'desensitized' captures the numb brutality of their extreme metal crossover. The band brings the ferocity of grindcore's blast beats together with death metal's guttural intensity from the Danish capital.
Skövde, SE · 2012–present · active
After Earth delivers melodic death metal from Skövde in Västergötland since 2012. Their post-apocalyptic name drives over a decade of compositions that imagine music after the world's end.

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