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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Anzv merges death and black metal from Porto since 2022. Their truncated, vowel-stripped name matches the compressed intensity of their dual-genre extremity from northern Portugal.
A black metal band from Brussels formed during the 2020 lockdown, self-described as "Black Metal from the Zenne swamps — Conceived during the plague year MMXX." They have released music on Death Prayer Records and maintain an active Bandcamp presence, drawing on the cold, raw traditions of European black metal filtered through the post-industrial gloom of Brussels.
Aodon crafts atmospheric black metal from the Dordogne capital of Périgueux since 2016, channeling the Périgord's medieval landscapes and prehistoric cave-dotted terrain into expansive, layered compositions. Their atmospheric approach draws genuine depth from one of France's most historically rich regions.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee black metal project named after a character from Japanese Noh theater. Their 2025 EP In the Field of Lycoris Radiata — referencing the red spider lily, a flower associated with death in Japanese culture — channels East Asian aesthetics through atmospheric black metal from Middle Tennessee.
Aoidos channels groove and black metal from Coimbra since 2020. Named after the oral poets of ancient Greece, they bring bardic tradition to an unlikely genre combination from Portugal's student city.
Lynchburg, Virginia black metal project named after Japan's infamous 'suicide forest,' with a staggering seventeen releases since 2013. The most prolific act in this catalog, their multilingual album titles — Russian, French, English — reflect a cosmopolitan ambition matched by relentless creative output.
Aonar channels black metal from Edinburgh starting in 2026, their Irish Gaelic word meaning "alone" capturing the solitary nature of their compositions. The project represents Scotland's newest generation of black metal artists.
Monument black metal project from the Colorado underground.
Aorlhac channels epic, medieval Occitan black metal from the Auvergne towns of Aurillac, Clermont-Ferrand, and Saint-Flour, drawing from local folklore and history with hurdy-gurdy woven into their acoustic-only instrumentation. Signed to Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions, their albums explore the Occitan heritage of south-central France through some of the most distinctive black metal the country has produced.
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