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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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New York black metal act painting bleak sonic landscapes with tremolo-picked atmospherics, emerging from the state's sprawling and diverse extreme metal community.
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Arendia merges black and thrash metal from the Lancashire towns of Coppull and Chorley since 2008, channeling nearly two decades of extreme metal from the northwest English heartland. Their fantastical name adds an epic dimension to their dual-genre assault.
Arestor is a blackened death metal band from Voru, Estonia, formed in 2024, combining the atmospheric hostility of black metal with death metal's guttural ferocity from the forests of southeastern Estonia. The band is among the newest extreme metal acts in the Baltic states.
Arete channels black metal from the UK underground since 2021, their Greek philosophical name meaning "excellence" or "virtue" reflecting a pursuit of the highest standards within extreme metal. Their approach brings intellectual rigor to the genre.
Arfsynd channels black metal from Västra Götaland since 2010. Their Swedish name meaning 'original sin' drives fifteen years of compositions that explore humanity's innate corruption from western Sweden.
Argahal is a one-man black metal and depressive suicidal black metal project from Mexico, founded in 2024. The project has released a rapid series of albums including the self-titled debut, Veil of Darkness, and The Last Kingdom, exploring themes of conquest, religious critique, war, and existential darkness through raw and atmospheric black metal. Releases are available physically through ElasticStage alongside digital platforms.
Arganath channels black metal from the lakeside municipality of Asikkala since 2016, drawing from the dark forests and deep waters of the Päijänne region. Their Tolkien-inspired name signals epic ambitions within a black metal framework.
Knoxville, Tennessee black metal project whose twin 2008-2009 singles — Untitled (Black) and Untitled II (White) — present complementary visions of extremity. The Latin name ('silver star') invokes alchemical and occult traditions from East Tennessee.
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