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Ainu

Genoa, IT · 2024–present · active
Ainu channels sludge and post-metal from Genoa as of 2024, named after the indigenous people of northern Japan. From Liguria's major port city, they bring heavyweight atmospheric sludge with a name that bridges distant cultural geographies.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

Akula

Columbus, OH, US · 2017–present · active
Columbus, Ohio post-metal and psychedelic project. The Russian word for 'shark' adds predatory edge to atmospheric heaviness.
Post-MetalPsychedelic Heavy

Akusma

Ulyanovsk, RU · 2014–present · active
Akusma crafts atmospheric post-metal from Ulyanovsk on the Volga since 2014. Named after the Pythagorean concept of sounds heard without seeing their source, their compositions explore the mystery of invisible sonic forces.
Post-Metal

All Meridians

Madison, WI, US · 2019–present · active
Madison, Wisconsin post-metal and sludge project. Geographic completeness — every line of longitude — from the Midwest's most progressive college town.
Post-MetalSludge Metal

All Stars Are Dead

Nuremberg, DE · 2025–present · active
All Stars Are Dead is a post-black metal band from Nuremberg, Germany, whose raw, atmospheric sound explores themes of melancholy, despair, and apocalyptic finality. Their releases include the Tyrant demo and the album Solace in Surrender, both channeling the bleakness and intensity that define the post-black metal style.
Black MetalPost-Metal

All We Expected

Izegem, BE · 2014–present · active
An instrumental post-metal quartet from Izegem whose sound mixes dark reverb-heavy patterns, melodic bass lines, and driving drums into a soothing yet tension-filled whole that critics have compared to Russian Circles and Cult of Luna. They released a debut EP in 2014, a split LP with Irish sludge act Raum Kingdom in 2015, and their debut full-length via dunk!records in 2018.
Post-Metal

Alltar

Portland, OR, US · 2016–present · active
Portland, Oregon post-metal project. The altar-referencing name channels sacred space through atmospheric heaviness.
Post-Metal

Alpha Lyræ

London, GB · 2024–present · active
Alpha Lyræ crafts doom and post-metal from London since 2024, named after the star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Their celestial name suits expansive compositions that reach for cosmic dimensions of heaviness.
Doom MetalPost-Metal

Altar of the Stag

Thessaloniki, GR · 2020–present · active
Thessaloniki's Altar of the Stag blend doom, post-metal, and sludge into ritualistic compositions of primal heaviness and atmospheric depth. Since 2020, they've channelled pagan reverence and natural mysticism through crushing, slow-building sonic rituals.
Doom MetalPost-MetalSludge Metal

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