There are two artists under the name Alessa: 1) A US screamo band. 2) A Brazilian metalcore band. 3) A Honduran darkwave / experimental project. 1) Alessa is a four-piece hardcore punk/screamo band from Southern New Hampshire. Alessa's music is characterized by dark, driving passages, but their songs also contain the more spastic guitar work characteristic of other bands in the genre. Alessa formed in early 2007 and has since released a demo in the Summer of 2007