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András was a black metal band from Santa Mariana, Paraná, Brazil, active from 2012 until their split-up. Operating within the Brazilian underground black metal scene, the band pursued a raw and orthodox approach to the genre rooted in the traditions of South American black metal extremism.
Anduin channels black metal and ambient from Denizli in southwestern Turkey since 2015. Named after the great river of Middle-earth, over a decade of atmospheric compositions flow from this Anatolian textile-industry city.
Andurá is a black metal band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band adds to the growing cluster of Rio de Janeiro state underground black metal acts, pursuing the harsh, atmospheric extremity that characterizes the Brazilian black metal underground.
Montana / Bancroft black metal project from the Michigan underground.
Andy Sacro creates industrial black metal from Zawadzkie in Opole Voivodeship since 2020. From this small Upper Silesian industrial town, they forge a mechanical, electronically enhanced strain of black metal.
Anebulah is a one-man black metal project from San José, Costa Rica, formed by Santiago Umaña in 2020. The project has released a steady stream of material including "The Renaissance of Triumphant" (2023) and "Sacrophobia" (2024), the latter issued through Depressive Illusions Records in a limited run of 66 copies. The music adheres to a traditional raw black metal aesthetic rooted in themes of darkness and spiritual disdain.
Anemic Death channels black metal from Oulu as of 2025, their name evoking a weakened, bloodless form of mortality. From the subarctic Finnish city, they bring a pallid, ice-cold vision of black metal.
McNabb, Illinois black metal project named after the feeling of nostalgia for a time you never experienced. Their two albums — memories you never had and autumn rains — deliver atmospheric, melancholic black metal from rural Illinois, the lowercase titles reflecting a deliberately understated aesthetic.
Anemye crafts atmospheric and post-black metal from Veliky Novgorod since 2022. Their name, suggesting anemia or weakness, brings a pallid fragility to atmospheric compositions from one of Russia's oldest cities.
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