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Abneigung practices black metal from the mountain village of Gallio in the Veneto Prealps since 2018. Their German-language name meaning 'aversion' matches the misanthropic isolation of their Alpine setting, far from Italy's urban metal centers.
Abnoba practices black metal from Birkirkara in Malta since 2022, named after the Celtic-Gaulish goddess of the Black Forest. From one of Malta's most densely populated towns, they bring a continental European mythological framework to the tiny Mediterranean island's metal scene.
Abolished channels death and black metal from Bucharest since 2021. Their name — to be formally ended — drives compositions of definitive extremity from the Romanian capital.
Abominador is a thrash/black metal band from Santa Mariana, Paraná, formed at the end of 2009 with the explicit aim of making raw, stripped-down extreme metal entirely in Portuguese. Drawing from the Brazilian bestial black/thrash tradition, the project released a demo in 2010 and has continued operating in the underground since, favoring aggression and directness over production polish.
Abominatus is a black metal band from Garanhuns, Pernambuco in Brazil's northeast, formed around 2001 under the name Melancholic before adopting their current identity. The band plays satanic and anti-Christian black metal and released the album Kill the Christians in 2011, featuring symphonic elements layered over orthodox black metal hostility.
Abominor has practiced black metal from Reykjavík since 2015, contributing to the Icelandic capital's internationally renowned black metal community. Their sound emerges from the same volcanic cultural landscape that has produced some of the genre's most distinctive modern voices.
Aborior was a black metal band from Brasília, active during the mid-2000s to around 2010. The band played raw black metal with anti-Christian lyrical themes, part of a wave of underground extreme metal acts that emerged from Brazil's federal capital in the 2000s decade.
Aborym pioneered industrial black metal from Taranto before expanding into broader industrial metal and rock territory, remaining active since their 2006-era reformation. Known for featuring members with ties to prominent Italian and Norwegian black metal scenes, they represent one of Italy's most internationally recognized extreme industrial projects.
Above Aurora blends black and doom metal from Poznań since 2016. Their celestial name — pointing to what lies beyond the northern lights — drives atmospheric compositions from the historical capital of Greater Poland.
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