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Abyssal Rites is a black metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their 2019 full-length "Synesthesia Ritual" and 2020 follow-up EP "The Final Advance" deliver occult-tinged black metal from the heart of the Great Plains.
Abyssalborne is a raw black metal project shrouded in anonymity. Their 2023 EP "A God's Gambit" offers five tracks of lo-fi, uncompromising black metal stripped to its most essential elements.
A black metal and gothic metal project from Dormagen, Germany, Abyssaria formed in 2025 and merge the atmospheric darkness of black metal with the melodramatic sweep of gothic metal. The project operates from the Rhineland, contributing to the region's deep well of dark and extreme music.
Abyssfire merges black and death metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2018. Their infernal-chasm name drives compositions that burn with the combined intensity of two extreme genres.
Abyssial channels black metal from the Breton port city of Brest since 2010, drawing from Finistère's wild Atlantic coastline for over a decade. Their oceanic variation on "abyssal" suits music forged at the westernmost edge of continental France.
Abyssidious channels black metal from East Anglia since 2020, their name blending abyss with insidious to create a creeping, bottomless darkness. Their fenland origins feed a sound drawn from England's flattest, most haunted landscapes.
Abyssielle crafts melodic black metal from London since 2020, their French-inflected name combining 'abyss' with an ethereal suffix. Their Francophone identity within the British capital adds a distinctive continental flavor to their melodic extremity.
Valdosta, Georgia death/thrash metal project. The name evokes infinite depth from South Georgia's agricultural flatlands.
Ohio black metal project. The portmanteau of abyss and lotus creates beautiful darkness from the Buckeye State.
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