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Antraknoza blends black metal with post-punk from Wrocław as of 2025. Named after a plant disease caused by fungal infection, their cross-pollination of extreme metal with darkwave and post-punk adds a distinctive texture to Lower Silesia's scene.
Antre crafts atmospheric black metal from Nottingham since 2017, their French word for "cave" or "lair" evoking the subterranean quality of their sound. Their East Midlands origins feed compositions of genuine atmospheric depth.
AntroNero practices black metal from Rome since 2020, their Italian name meaning 'black cave' or 'dark den' evoking the subterranean quality of their sound. From the city built on seven hills and riddled with catacombs, they craft music that dwells in shadows.
Antropocidal practices black metal from Almendralejo in Extremadura since 2024. From this wine-producing town in one of Spain's least populated regions, they channel the arid isolation of the Iberian interior into misanthropic extremity.
Antropofectus is a death/black metal project from Magé, in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, formed in 2021 and currently on hold. Blending the aggressive tremolo-heavy assault of black metal with the low-end brutality of death metal, the project is part of Rio de Janeiro's active underground extreme metal network. They released music independently through Bandcamp.
Antropophagus is a depressive black metal project from Karlsruhe, Germany, whose 2013 album Kaelte features ten tracks of raw, misanthropic black metal with German-language titles reflecting dark introspection, released in a limited edition of fifty CDs. The project blends atmospheric and depressive elements with traditional black metal harshness, credited to the artist Frigus.
Antumbra channels atmospheric black metal from Sibiu in Transylvania since 2019. Named after the lightest part of a shadow during an eclipse, their compositions explore the liminal space between darkness and light from the Carpathian highlands.
Antyesti practices raw black metal from Bucharest since 2024. Named after the Hindu last rites funeral ceremony, they bring Eastern mortality rituals into the framework of lo-fi black metal.
Formed in 2015 in Heist-op-den-Berg and later based in Lier, Antzaat takes their name from an old Dutch word meaning hostile and hateful. Their debut album For You Men Who Gaze Into The Sun on Immortal Frost Productions delivers melodic black metal in the vein of Scandinavian and Finnish forbears, driven by the compositional vision of guitarist/mastermind Ronarg, also known from Ars Veneficium.
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