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Featured Album
ManiaCult (2021)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
The Seed of Singularity (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place - Remastered (2025)
05/24 @ The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool
Featured Black Metal Album
Death Doom Punks (2026)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Agger channels black metal from Paris since 2011, their Latin name meaning "earthwork" or "rampart" reflecting the defensive intensity of their sound. Over a decade of activity speaks to sustained commitment within the Parisian black metal underground.
Aggregate merges thrash and death metal from Hallsberg in Närke since 2015. Their collected-mass name drives a decade of combined aggression from this small Swedish railway junction town.
Aggregator plays heavy metal from Hamburg since 2018, their data-processing name carrying an industrial efficiency that suits the Hanseatic port city's mercantile heritage. Their approach aggregates the best elements of traditional heavy metal into a cohesive whole.
Aggression Overload merges black metal's darkness with industrial metal's mechanical fury from the coastal city of Rauma since 2023. Their hybrid approach creates a sound as relentless and overwhelming as their name promises.
Aggressive Agricultor brings thrash metal from the Basque-region city of Bayonne since 2021, their tongue-in-cheek name combining rural imagery with violent intent. Their sound channels the fiery spirit of France's southwestern border country.
Aggressive Mutilator practices black metal from Norrköping since 2012. Their violent name drives over a decade of hostile compositions from this eastern Swedish industrial city.
Aggressive Oppression delivers crossover and thrash metal from Moscow since 2016. Their authoritarian name drives punk-influenced thrash from the Russian capital with the relentless force their title promises.
Aggressive Perfector channels heavy metal, speed metal, and thrash metal from Manchester since 2016, their name promising a relentless pursuit of sonic violence. Their approach channels the classic energy of 1980s extreme metal through a modern lens.
Aggrevil practices black metal from Koper on Slovenia's short Adriatic coastline since 2022. From this Mediterranean port city — the country's gateway to the sea — they channel maritime darkness through black metal.
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