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Ancientblood is a black metal band from Ilha do Governador, a district of Rio de Janeiro, with roots tracing back to an earlier project that later evolved into the raw black metal act Vinterthron. The name is a deliberate reference to the Scandinavian black metal origins the band draws from, and the project has produced raw rehearsal and pre-production material released through Ashen Productions.
Ancst is a Berlin-based band blending blackened metalcore, cyber crust, and dark ambient, describing themselves as 'blackened MxC and cyber crust by day, dark ambient by night.' Their extensive discography includes albums like Neural Collapse, Dominion, Culture of Brutality, and Binary Wrath, and the band maintains an active European touring schedule with dates across the continent.
Ancêtres has been channeling black metal from the Picard town of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée since 2004, their French name meaning "ancestors" reflecting a deep connection to lineage and heritage. Two decades of activity speak to genuine roots in the Oise department's underground.
And End... crafts depressive and post-black metal from Tula since 2013. Their name — trailing off into ellipsis — captures the unfinished, perpetually dissolving quality of their DSBM from this armaments-manufacturing city south of Moscow.
And from These Wounds blends black metal with synthwave and EBM from Moscow since 2022. Their scarred name drives a distinctive genre fusion that bridges extreme metal's rawness with electronic music's cold precision.
And Now the Owls Are Smiling delivers depressive black metal from North Norfolk since 2017, their hauntingly poetic name evoking the eerie, flat landscapes of England's easternmost coastline. Their genuinely remote origins lend atmospheric authenticity to their DSBM.
Kingsport black metal project from the Tennessee underground.
Andabata is a death metal duo from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2006, whose releases include Bloody Screams, Corpse Grinding Machine, and Der Parasit. The two-piece delivers the raw aggression and grinding intensity of death metal from one of Bavaria's largest cities, maintaining an active presence across multiple platforms.
Black metal project that migrated from Fort Lauderdale to Portland to Finland.
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