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Anfauglith is a folk/pagan black metal band from Olinda, Pernambuco, whose name is drawn from J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion — the Sindarin word for "Suffocating Dust" referencing the burning of the plain of Ard-Galen. Formed in 2010, the band draws on Moonsorrow and Thyrfing for their atmospheric framework while weaving in Nordic mythology and medieval paganism, releasing their EP "The Devastation in Ard-Galen" in 2019.
Angainor practices black metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2023. Named after the chain that bound the wolf Fenrir in Norse mythology, they forge compositions of constraining darkness.
Angantyr is a black metal project from Copenhagen, Denmark, active since 2000, named after the legendary Norse berserker king, with an extensive Danish-language discography including Kampen Fortsaetter, Sejr, Haevn, Svig, Forvist, Foragt, Ulykke, and Indsigt. The project's quarter-century history and prolific output have established it as one of the pillars of the Danish black metal scene.
Angath crafts industrial gothic and black metal, originally from Sweden before relocating to Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, active from 2025. Their transnational journey drives compositions that merge industrial atmosphere with gothic and black metal darkness.
Angel Graveyard channels black metal from Jyväskylä since 2017, conjuring sepulchral darkness from central Finland's lake-studded landscape. Their funereal name captures the decayed grandeur at the heart of their sound.
Gastonia black metal project from the North Carolina underground.
Angel of Light was a black metal band from Piracicaba, São Paulo, active from 1995 to 2003, rooted in the Luciferian and Satanic tradition of Brazilian black metal. The band appeared on the 1999 split "Gloria Patri" alongside fellow Brazilian act Satanaquia, released through MegaTherion.
Angel of Nature channels doom and black metal from Poltava since 2010. Their paradoxical name — a celestial being of the natural world — drives fifteen years of compositions that explore the divine within wilderness.
Angel of Suicide channels depressive black metal from Limoges since 2024, exploring the darkest corners of human despair through the genre's most emotionally raw traditions. Their unflinching name reflects the uncompromising nature of their thematic terrain.
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