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Asator is a post-black and doom metal band from Bremen, Germany, whose foundation dates to 2005 and whose sound evolved through name changes and lineup shifts before reaching its current form. Their German-language catalog, including Fragmente, Gezeiten, and Traktat Metamorphose Manifest, blends black metal, Swedish death metal, shoegaze, and post-rock into an expansive, genre-crossing sound.
Asbestos Vape merges black and industrial metal from the UK underground since 2024, their darkly humorous name combining toxic materials with modern vaping culture. Their provocative name signals a project that values confrontation alongside extremity.
Asbjorn Daemonium de Noctis channels black metal from the Welsh capital of Cardiff since 2020, their multilingual name combining Norse, Latin, and more. Their elaborate nomenclature signals a project of dark, scholarly ambition.
St. Louis black metal project named after the genus of moths known as 'black witches.' Four releases since 2023 including the mirage-themed Fata Morgana build atmospheric black metal from the Gateway City with entomological precision.
Ascaroth practices black metal from Gothenburg since 2011. Their demonic name drives nearly fifteen years of dark compositions from Sweden's western capital.
Old Bridge, New Jersey thrash metal act who released two EPs in 2014. New Land and Outlets of the Sky deliver focused thrash from the same central Jersey region that spawned the Misfits.
Cincinnati black metal act exploring esoteric themes through tremolo-picked fury, contributing to Southwest Ohio's quietly thriving extreme metal underground.
Ascendency is a death and black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2010, fusing the combined ferocity of both genres into an unrelenting extreme metal assault. The band operates within Copenhagen's thriving death and black metal underground.
Ascensus was a thrash/black metal band from Geraardsbergen, East Flanders, Belgium, active from around 2006 until their split-up and associated with the Atakk label. They played an aggressive hybrid of thrash and black metal within the underground Belgian extreme metal circuit.
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