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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Astral Woods channels black metal from Sagunto near Valencia since 2025, their sylvan-cosmic name evoking forests that extend into the stars. From this town of ancient Iberian and Roman ruins on the Mediterranean coast, they bring freshly forged darkness.
West Des Moines, Iowa black metal project whose 2016 EP From the Depths of the Dark Fortress channels dungeon-synth aesthetics through black metal from the Des Moines suburbs. Midwestern isolation transformed into medieval darkness.
Astralist weaves atmospheric black, doom, and post-metal from Cork since 2020, creating an expansive sonic palette from Ireland's cultural capital of the south. Their celestial name matches the vast, skyward-reaching quality of their multi-genre compositions.
Astre merges avant-garde experimentation with black metal from Toulouse since 2020, their French word for "star" illuminating compositions that reach for cosmic dimensions. Their Occitan origins feed a sound as expansive as the night sky.
Astrofaes has been a significant force in Ukrainian black metal from Kharkiv, active through various phases since the mid-1990s with continued presence from 2015. Their cosmic name drives atmospheric compositions that have helped define the Ukrainian black metal identity.
Astropheus is a black metal project that emerged from Barcelona in 2025, representing the very latest addition to Catalonia's seemingly inexhaustible black metal underground. Their arrival speaks to the genre's continued vitality in one of Europe's most metal-dense cities.
Astrophobos practices black metal from Stockholm since 2010. Their fear-of-stars name drives fifteen years of cosmic black metal from the Swedish capital.
Houston black/doom metal project blending cosmic horror with crushing heaviness from Space City, the name itself a portmanteau hinting at astrological and occult themes.
Astru has operated as a Hungarian black metal entity since 2006, maintaining secrecy about its precise location within the country. The project channels a cold, isolationist strain of black metal befitting its enigmatic posture.
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