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The Blind Leading The Blind (2019)
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Blood Eagle (2017)
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Architects Of A New Weave (Deluxe Album) (2026)
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Aifur channels black metal from Haninge in the Stockholm area since 2007. Named after an Old Norse term for one of the Dnieper River rapids, they bring Viking-era Eastern European geography to nearly two decades of Swedish black metal.
Aigilas is a black metal project from Stralsund on Germany's Baltic coast, active since 2020, drawing atmospheric inspiration from the bleak seascapes of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The project adds to the growing body of black metal emerging from the former East German coastal cities.
Aikeimd channels raw black metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2021. Their cryptic, indecipherable name reinforces the deliberate obscurity of their lo-fi black metal approach.
Ails is a black metal band from Oakland, California featuring former members of Ludicra, one of the Bay Area's most celebrated black metal acts. Their 2018 EP "The Unraveling" carries forward the atmospheric, emotionally complex black metal that defined their prior band.
Ainkurn is a Hungarian black metal project that surfaced in 2021, maintaining anonymity regarding its geographic origins within the country. The project channels a raw, uncompromising strain of black metal steeped in misanthropy.
Ainulindalë channels black metal from Paris since 2004, named after the creation myth from Tolkien's Silmarillion in which the universe is sung into existence. Their literary inspiration feeds compositions that aspire to cosmological grandeur through extreme metal.
Ainzamkait are a black metal band from Lower Saxony, Germany, whose name is a dialectal spelling of the German word Einsamkeit, meaning 'loneliness.' From their 2023 demo through the 2026 full-length Fluch des Nachzehrers — a title referencing the Germanic vampire legend of the Nachzehrer — they craft German-language black metal steeped in regional folklore and isolation.
Black metal band from Sion, Valais, Switzerland, formed in 2013 with a lineup of M.V. (guitar/bass), Ishk (vocals), and Sinnihr (drums). Their 2015 full-length "Verses of Perdition" is their primary release, operating in the raw and atmospheric black metal tradition with themes aligned with darkness and perdition.
Aion of Drakon creates black and death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2018. Their Greek-derived name — 'age of the dragon' — drives compositions of draconic extremity.
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