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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Alldead combines black and death metal from Taranto, the Ionian Sea port city, since 2022. Their blunt name captures the finality and devastation at the core of their Pugliese extreme metal.
Alle de Heksene channels black metal from England since 2021, their Norwegian name meaning "all the witches" reflecting the Scandinavian influence on their sound. Their linguistic homage connects them to black metal's Nordic spiritual homeland.
Grove City, Ohio heavy metal band from the early 2000s with a traditional metal approach. Three releases between 2002-2004 document a band paying tribute to classic heavy metal fundamentals.
A Ghent-based solo black metal project operating under the identity "AoD is K.P," with logo artwork by Alice Mores. Their Demo cassette was released through Black Art Production in June 2022, marking a stark entry into the Belgian underground black metal tape circuit.
Aller Sterne Untergang is a solo black metal project from Bremen, Germany, created by the artist Astro, who writes and performs all music, lyrics, and artwork. With a prolific catalog including releases like Sturmtief Nordwest, Existenzphilosophie, and the two-part Grau in Grau series, the project blends atmospheric black metal with introspective, German-language existential themes, and Astro also operates the related projects Dolch and Wintergrau.
Alles wird in Flammen stehen creates atmospheric and post-black metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2020. Their German name — 'everything will be in flames' — drives compositions of prophetic destruction through atmospheric extremity.
With a provocatively uncensored French name that translates as a universal insult, this anonymous black metal project has been channeling confrontational fury since 2020. Their deliberately offensive moniker signals a project that prioritizes provocation alongside their extreme music.
Allfader has evolved from black metal into a black and death metal hybrid from Mo i Rana in Nordland since 2024. Their Old Norse name meaning 'All-Father,' an epithet of Odin, connects them to the mythological tradition that pervades Norwegian extreme metal.
Alliberant is a raw black metal project born in Barcelona in 2025, channeling Catalan identity and underground fury into their nascent sound. The project represents the newest wave of Catalonia's prolific black metal underground.
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