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Anaphylaxie is a black metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2015, whose catalog spans from the early single Hexenhammer through the 2018 album Schwarzer Tod to the eight-track 2022 full-length Pyre. The band's bilingual German and English compositions explore themes of destruction, anti-religion, and melancholy across a sound firmly rooted in the European black metal tradition.
Anar channels black metal from Genoa as of 2024, a freshly minted Ligurian project whose short name suggests anarchic intent. From the historic port city's underground, they bring stripped-down hostility.
Albuquerque antifascist black metal act delivering politically charged extremity since 2017. From the blunt Kill the Fascist Seed EP to the provocatively titled terrorists, they weaponize black metal's fury against the far right — a stance that puts them firmly in the RABM tradition.
Anarhichas channels black metal from Ørland on the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag since 2017. Named after the wolf fish genus — ferocious deep-sea predators — their sound carries the cold savagery of the Norwegian Sea.
Anarmorn crafts atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location as of 2025. Their enigmatic name drives freshly composed atmospheric darkness.
Anathema Maranatha channels black metal from an undisclosed Dutch location as of 2025. Their doubly cursed name — combining Greek and Aramaic terms for damnation — drives compositions of absolute spiritual condemnation.
Portland black metal entity whose 2018 demo captures raw, unfiltered aggression from the Pacific Northwest's fertile extreme metal underground. The cassette-era aesthetic of Demo MMXVIII signals allegiance to black metal's most primitive traditions.
Miami black metal project conjuring Tolkien-inspired fury since 2017. The Fall Of Beleriand draws directly from Silmarillion mythology while The Malice expands into darker thematic territory, channeling Middle-earth's apocalyptic battles through South Florida's unlikely black metal underground.
Anax is a black metal band from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, formed in 2011. Hailing from one of the largest cities in Brazil's northeast, the band operates in the underground black metal tradition, contributing to the region's gradually expanding extreme metal scene.
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