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Askheimr creates melodic black and death metal from an undisclosed Norwegian location since 2019. Their Old Norse-styled name — suggesting a realm of ash — drives melodic compositions rooted in Norse cosmological imagery.
Assacrentis channels melodic black metal from Nice since 2004, contributing to the Côte d'Azur's surprisingly active extreme metal community for two decades. Their sacral-sounding name adds ceremonial weight to their Mediterranean black metal.
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Astaroth Cult is a one-man melodic and atmospheric black metal project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, the work of solo musician Patryck Leal who handles all instruments, vocals, and lyrics. Formed in 2020 and rooted in the DSBM and raw atmospheric black metal underground, the project released its debut album Return of the Falls in November 2020, blending depressive and Satanic lyrical themes with melodic riffing and cold, harsh production.
Astralscape is a solo melodic black metal project from Rio de Janeiro, the work of multi-instrumentalist Igor Goularth, who handles vocals (clean, harsh, and choral), guitars, bass, keyboards, and programming entirely on his own. Inspired primarily by Covenant/The Kovenant's In Times Before the Light and drawing from Emperor, Limbonic Art, Borknagar, and Arcturus, the project released its debut four-track EP in August 2024, exploring cosmic and astronomical themes under the tag of space and cosmic black metal.
Atavysm is a one-person instrumental melodic black metal project from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2013, whose name derives from 'atavism,' meaning evolutionary throwback. The project's releases include the self-titled 2013 album and the 2020 single Farvann, channeling dark, depressive, and melodic elements through purely instrumental compositions.
Symphonic and melodic black metal band from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, formed in 2003 and previously signed to Avernus Records. Their music centers on anti-Christian and atheist themes, placing them within the philosophically provocative wing of Brazilian black metal; their orchestral arrangements and melodic sensibility set them apart from the rawer extreme metal acts that dominated Minas Gerais in the same era.
Atrium Noctis is a melodic black metal band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2018, whose releases include Blackwards and the track Leviathan, delivering epic symphonic black metal with bombastic arrangements, profound dispatching, and atmospheric dark sections. The band brings cinematic grandeur to the Rhineland's extreme metal scene.
Auroral operates at the intersection of black, death, and melodic black metal from the coastal town of Raahe since 2020. Their dawn-themed name illuminates a sound that draws from multiple extreme metal traditions in Finland's northern Ostrobothnia.
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