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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Agun Agoni creates atmospheric black metal from Varese in northwestern Lombardy since 2016. Nestled between Milan and the Swiss border in the lake district, their geographic isolation feeds the contemplative, expansive quality of their atmospheric approach.
Ahamkara crafts atmospheric black metal from Newcastle upon Tyne since 2014, named after the Hindu concept of ego-identity. Over a decade of atmospheric compositions from the northeast reflects a thoughtful approach to the genre.
Thessaloniki's Aiflotas craft atmospheric black metal that evokes the misty landscapes of northern Greece through layered compositions of haunting beauty and raw intensity. Active since 2017, the project balances the contemplative with the aggressive in the atmospheric black metal tradition.
Airad channels atmospheric black metal from Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia on Lake Onega, since 2020. From this northern Russian city surrounded by vast boreal forests and Finno-Ugric cultural heritage, they craft atmospheric compositions rooted in the Karelian landscape.
Akrunant channels atmospheric black metal from Ankara since 2018. Their invented name drives compositions of atmospheric hostility that draw from the vast Anatolian steppe surrounding the Turkish capital.
Alendalua channels atmospheric black metal from Ourense in Galicia since 2016. From this thermal-springs city in Spain's Celtic-influenced northwest, they craft black metal that draws from the region's misty, verdant landscape.
Alienation Cold channels atmospheric black metal from Stavropol in the North Caucasus since 2006. Two decades from this southern Russian city between the Black and Caspian Seas, they have crafted a substantial body of cold, isolating atmospheric work.
Alkahest was an atmospheric black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from 2011 until their split-up. Operating in the same rich Minas Gerais underground that produced seminal Brazilian extreme metal acts, the project explored atmospheric and ambient-influenced black metal with themes rooted in occultism, ritual, and the spiritual — a direction consistent with the atmospheric black metal current emerging across Brazil in the early 2010s. The band remained unsigned throughout their existence.
All Is Quiet creates atmospheric black metal from Helsinki since 2020, their deceptively peaceful name masking the intense emotional landscapes beneath. From Finland's capital, they explore the tension between silence and storm through atmospheric compositions.
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