Brazilian rising stars AXTY reinvent the brutal deathcore blueprint!

Emerging Brazilian metalcore/deathcore talent AXTY are set to release their bludgeoning new album, The Pain Made Me Who I Am, out August 21, 2026 via their new label home, Napalm Records. Following high-performing album pre-release singles like “selfish” and “fragile” and with more than seven million streams on Spotify, AXTY has drawn attention not only in Brazil, but across the globe thanks to their visceral blend of heaviness, powerful screams, and soaring clean vocals that create an emotionally charged experience. Fresh off of their massive North American tour with Born of Osiris in late 2025 and gearing up to hit the road with metal legends Lacuna Coil in early 2026, AXTY are set for success as up-and-coming metalcore frontrunners. With their new album, AXTY explore universal lyrical themes of self-evolution through harnessing pain and resilience born from adversity, transforming negative experiences into fuel for growth. The Pain Made Me Who I Am delivers the goods from note one as earth-shattering intro track “pain made me” pulls out all of the stops – crashing in with dense down-tuned guitar chugs beneath hip-hop charged samples. Anthemic “who I am” showcases the band’s seamless, genre-pushing blend with intense polyrhythmic deathcore passages and soaring metalcore melodies, while ...