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Ashes of Dagoth is a German symphonic black metal project whose 2015 album The Awakening draws its entire narrative from The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, exploring the stories of the Dwemer, Kagrenac, and Dagoth Ur through six tracks of orchestrally-enriched black metal. The project represents a distinctive intersection of video game lore and extreme metal composition.
Ashes of Nowhere blends black metal with post-black metal from Udine in Friuli since 2015. Their nihilistic name — remnants of a nonexistent place — captures the existential displacement at the heart of their atmospheric compositions.
Bend, Oregon black metal project with seven releases since 2021. Their catalog — from the bleak Depression - Searching in Despair EP to Ashes and Emptiness — channels the high desert town's isolation into atmospheric, emotionally raw black metal.
Ashes of Time creates post-black metal from Sudogda in the Vladimir Region as of 2025. Named evocatively after the remnants of chronological decay, they craft atmospheric compositions from this small Russian town.
Eugene, Oregon black metal project named after the capital of Turkmenistan, channeling exotic geographic inspiration through Pacific Northwest atmospheric extremity.
Ashlands creates atmospheric black metal and ambient from Foligno in Umbria since 2019. Their desolate name evokes barren landscapes, which they render through vast atmospheric passages from the green heart of Italy.
Los Angeles black metal act drawing from Tolkien's dark mythology, channeling the shadow of Mordor through SoCal's diverse extreme metal underground.
Ashtar are a Basel duo formed in 2012 by Marko and Nadine Lehtinen, both veterans of the Swiss doom acts Phased and shEver, crafting a haunting hybrid of black metal, sludge, and doom built on down-tuned riffs, heavy bass, and layered, dissonant melodies. Signed to Northern Fog Records, they have released four albums — "Ilmasaari" (2015), "Kaikuja" (2020), "Wandering Through Time" (2023), and "The Return of the Frozen Souls" (2024).
Ashtavakra is a black and death metal project from Germany, formed in 2016, named after the Hindu sage whose name means 'eight bends,' suggesting a thematic interest in Eastern mysticism within the extreme metal framework. The project blends black and death metal influences into a harsh, uncompromising sound.
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