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Accursed is a black metal project of unknown origin. Since 2020, the project has released five recordings including the full-length "Hymns of Death And Misery," channeling raw hostility through a veil of lo-fi black metal.
Pensacola, Florida black metal project. The name's Promethean fury targets creation itself from the Gulf Coast.
Accursed Ordnance is a blackened heavy metal band from Worcester, Massachusetts. Their 2023 full-length "Scarred by Steel" delivers ten tracks that fuse the galloping energy of traditional heavy metal with black metal's raw, icy edge.
Accursed Wound is a black metal and dungeon synth project that originated in Chico, California before relocating to Lawrence, Kansas. Spanning from 2012's EP "Embrace The Forge" to 2020's full-length "Heroes Return," the project bridges raw black metal with the medieval atmospherics of dungeon synth.
Accursed Years merges black metal, death metal, folk metal, and melodic death metal from the Dorset coastal town of Weymouth since 2015. Their four-genre fusion creates an ambitiously diverse sound drawn from the English Channel coast.
Acedi is a black metal band from Aarhus, Denmark, formed in 2023, named after the medieval theological concept of spiritual apathy and sloth. The band channels this existential torpor through the aggressive framework of black metal from Denmark's second-largest city.
A black/death metal band from Buizingen, Flemish Brabant, active from 2003 until their split. Their full-length Divine Purity (2007), released on Rotten to the Core Records, was their primary statement; after its release the band briefly enlisted Serial Butcher drummer Nico but dissolved before performing with him.
Acerbitas channels black metal from Norrland since 2024. Their Latin name meaning 'bitterness' or 'severity' drives compositions of harsh extremity from Sweden's vast northern wilderness.
Achaemenid is a raw black metal project from California. Named after the ancient Persian dynasty, the project channels historical mysticism through a lens of raw, unpolished black metal.
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