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Acârash merges black and doom metal from Oslo since 2018. Their diacritical-laden name adds an exotic visual element to their Nordic fusion of two extreme styles.
AD Atausma channels black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location as of 2025. Their cryptic name adds mystery to freshly forged Swedish black metal.
Ad Baculum is a black metal project from Salvador, Bahia, led by Lord Hades — formerly the vocalist of legendary Brazilian cult act Mystifier — who handles all instruments except drums. The band's debut Blackness Doctrine (2011) drew directly from the raw black/death vein Hades helped pioneer in Mystifier, while the third album Opening the Abyss (2016), released on Brazilian Ritual Records, shifted toward slower, doom-saturated tempos with howling, cavernous vocals and cover art taken from Gustave Doré's illustrations of Dante's Inferno.
Edinburgh's Ad Extirpanda merges black and thrash metal, named after the papal bull authorizing torture during the Inquisition. Over a decade of activity since 2010 has established them within Scotland's extreme metal community.
Ad Extirpenda merges black metal with symphonic elements from Nantes since 2024, their name referencing the medieval papal bull authorizing torture during the Inquisition. Their historical gravity feeds dramatic compositions that blend darkness with orchestral grandeur.
Ad Extremum is a black metal band from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2013 and signed to Nox Bellum Prod. Their music explores themes of Satanism, occultism, and suicide, rooted in the raw, atmospheric tradition of Brazilian black metal.
Ad Hominem brings black metal from southern France with a confrontational intensity that matches their logical-fallacy name. Their provocative approach to the genre has made them a notable presence in the French extreme metal underground since their early 2000s origins.
Ad Inceptum merges thrash and black metal from Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East since 2016. Their Latin name meaning 'to the beginning' drives compositions that seek origins through the combined aggression of thrash and black metal from the Amur River city.
Ad Inferna has been crafting a sophisticated blend of black metal, gothic metal, industrial metal, and symphonic metal from Paris since 2001. Their infernal name and multi-genre fusion create a sound as complex and varied as the French capital itself.
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