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Andhrimnir channels black metal with Viking themes from Birmingham since 2021, named after the cook who feeds the warriors in Valhalla. Their Norse-mythological inspiration feeds compositions rooted in the warrior traditions of the Viking age.
Andracca channels black metal from Lancashire since 2018, their Old English name connecting them to Anglo-Saxon heritage. Their northwest English origins feed a sound steeped in the pre-Norman darkness of the region.
Salt Lake City death metal project with an enormous eleven-release discography since 2012. Named after a demon from the Ars Goetia, their catalog sprawls across singles, compilations, and full-lengths that probe the boundaries of extreme music from the unlikely backdrop of Mormon country.
Chicago black metal project from the Illinois underground.
Andromalius merges black and death metal from Moscow since 2019. Named after a Great Earl of Hell who punishes thieves and returns stolen goods, they channel demonic justice through extreme metal from the Russian capital.
Charlotte black metal project from the North Carolina underground.
András was a black metal band from Santa Mariana, Paraná, Brazil, active from 2012 until their split-up. Operating within the Brazilian underground black metal scene, the band pursued a raw and orthodox approach to the genre rooted in the traditions of South American black metal extremism.
Anduin channels black metal and ambient from Denizli in southwestern Turkey since 2015. Named after the great river of Middle-earth, over a decade of atmospheric compositions flow from this Anatolian textile-industry city.
Andurá is a black metal band from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, formed in 2020. The band adds to the growing cluster of Rio de Janeiro state underground black metal acts, pursuing the harsh, atmospheric extremity that characterizes the Brazilian black metal underground.
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