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Anno Diaboli channels symphonic black metal from Omsk since 2012. Their Latin name meaning 'in the year of the devil' drives over a decade of orchestrally enhanced compositions from western Siberia.
Annorkoth crafts atmospheric black metal from Podolsk near Moscow since 2012. Their Tolkien-derived name adds Middle-earth mythology to over a decade of atmospheric compositions from the Moscow suburbs.
Annthennath channels black metal from the Charente-Maritime port of Rochefort, bringing atmospheric darkness to the Atlantic coast of western France. Their unusual, cipher-like name adds an enigmatic quality to their sound.
Black metal project that originated in Fort Myers, Florida before relocating to Nashville. Their two EPs — Absolute Stillness and Thanatophobia — explore the aesthetics of death and silence, the Gulf Coast origins lending a humid, oppressive quality unusual for the genre.
Phoenix black metal project from the Arizona underground.
Iowa black metal project.
Anomalie is a black metal project from Leobendorf, Lower Austria, whose output sits within the atmospheric and post-black metal tradition rather than the purely raw underground. Their releases prioritise textured, layered guitar work and shifting dynamics, building lengthy pieces around themes of alienation and natural desolation native to the Central European countryside.
A black/death metal project from Kruibeke in the Scheldt region, named after the ancient Cambrian sea predator, and operating under the Bandcamp handle anomalocarisband. The project is rooted in the Belgian extreme metal underground, with music available through Bandcamp.
Easton, Maryland black metal project with five releases since 2014. Their catalog — from early raw works to the more polished Influencing Machine in 2024 — traces a decade of evolution from the Eastern Shore, an unlikely outpost for atmospheric black metal on the Chesapeake Bay.
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