"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 tracks like “all I
love” incite pure metallic violence with the band’s erratic trademark guitar acrobatics, hypnotic drum
patterns and addictive vocals – both crushing and clean – showcasing the broad talents of frontman
Felipe Mendes Hervoso Martins, drummer Gabriel Vacari Marques and guitarist Jonathas Peschiera
Xavier. Particularly, Martins’ keen ability to dramatically tilt his vocal approach from crooning cleans to
virtually superhuman screams, growls and squeals will have his name on the lips of deathcore vocal
enthusiasts in no time. Songs like “nothing but pain” inject heavy doses of the futuristic metalcore
fusion AXTY has become lauded for, while album standouts like first single/album closer “end
this” weave alternative and even nu-metal flavor into the album’s addictive mix. Throughout its 12
tracks, The Pain Made Me Who I Am proves AXTY as a visionary force to watch in the ever-expanding
modern metalcore scene – inarguably poised for star status as they climb the ranks."
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