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Abase is a raw black metal band from the Fullerton and Bakersfield areas of California. The band's output consists of an EP and two splits released in 2017-2018, delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in its most primal form.
Abaton draws from black and doom metal in Forlì, a Romagna city with roots stretching back to the Roman Republic, since 2011. Their name — Greek for 'inaccessible place' — matches the forbidding, slow-burning darkness of their dual-genre approach.
Abattoir is a Brazilian black metal act formed in 2020, representing the younger wave of the country's underground black metal scene. Emerging during a period of renewed interest in raw and orthodox black metal across South America, the band operates with a deliberately underground, self-released approach. Their Bandcamp presence serves as their primary distribution channel for demos and early recordings.
Abazagorath is a veteran black metal band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. One of the East Coast's longest-running black metal acts, the band has been active since the mid-1990s with a discography spanning three full-lengths and four EPs of unrelenting, orthodox black metal.
Abbas Taeter has created atmospheric black metal from the southern Italian city of Potenza in Basilicata since 2012. Operating from one of Italy's highest and most isolated provincial capitals, their remote setting naturally informs the austere, isolated quality of their sound.
Abbat Gibur channels black metal from Klaipėda on the Lithuanian Baltic coast since 2024. From this port city where the Curonian Lagoon meets the sea, they forge black metal steeped in maritime darkness.
Abbath is the solo project of Olve Eikemo, the iconic former Immortal frontman, delivering black metal from Bergen since 2015. His frost-painted visage and tremolo-driven riffing have made him one of black metal's most recognizable figures worldwide.
Abbathor is a Satanic black metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 2023. Their debut full-length, "From the Sight of Goat" (2025), spans ten tracks and 41 minutes of raw, orthodox black metal built around themes of Satanism and ancient paganism. The band made an early live appearance supporting Execrator in Concepción in February 2025.
Abbey of the Ancient Ones channels thrash, heavy, and black metal from Cologne since 2024. Their monastic name conjures images of forbidden knowledge and dark ritual from the cathedral city on the Rhine.
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