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A Light in the Dark blends atmospheric and post-black metal with shoegaze from Podolsk near Moscow since 2015. Their luminous name guides compositions that find brightness within extreme metal's typical darkness.
Tampa/Tucson black metal and death metal project spanning Florida and Arizona. The name evokes solstice rituals in two of America's hottest cities — seeking cold in the desert and the tropics.
A Mother Engulfed in 3 Characters is an enigmatically named black metal project from the western Finnish town of Kristiinankaupunki, active since 2015. The cryptic moniker reflects a project that approaches black metal from an unconventional, conceptual angle.
A Pale December crafts atmospheric black metal and ambient soundscapes from Milan since 2014. Their wintry name captures the grey, fog-shrouded character of the Lombard capital that permeates their meditative yet harsh compositions.
A Portrait of Flesh and Blood is a symphonic and depressive black metal project from Los Angeles, California. Their 2015 full-length "The Pale Enchantress" weaves orchestral grandeur with raw black metal despair across seven tracks of atmospheric extremity.
A Refraction creates atmospheric black metal and ambient from Tiraspol in the breakaway region of Transnistria, Moldova, since 2020. Their physics-derived name — the bending of light — captures the distorted, otherworldly quality of their compositions from one of Europe's most geopolitically unusual locations.
Hailing from Witten, Germany, A Sable Opiate deliver aggressive yet melodic black metal with a modern edge. Their 2016 debut A Passage to the Yews is a concise six-track offering released on digipack CD, featuring artwork by Max Neumann and a sound praised for its fresh take on the genre's conventions.
A Somber Funeral is an atmospheric black metal duo from Kaiserslautern, Germany, comprised of Chris R. and Alex J., drawing inspiration from the dense forests of the Palatinate region. Their 2026 album Since You Left These Shores spans over sixty minutes of blackgaze and post-black metal exploring themes of grief and lost friendship, featuring guest vocals from members of Waldgeflüster, UADA, Belore, and Vorga.
A Sow of Violence is a symphonic and atmospheric black metal project from New England. Since their 2022 debut EP "Chaos Breeds Beauty," the project has expanded rapidly, releasing a second EP and the full-length "Abyssal" in 2025, layering orchestral textures over ferocious black metal foundations.
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