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Saint Paul, Minnesota black metal project whose 2019 EPs — some small star and Stranded — bring a delicate, lowercase aesthetic to atmospheric black metal. The floral name and celestial imagery suggest a softer lens on the genre's cosmic preoccupations.
Asterean is a melodic black/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, that traces its roots to 2011 through a predecessor project called Espera XIII before formalizing under the current name around 2020. The four-piece — featuring Renan Brito on guitars, vocals, and keyboards alongside Fernando Henrique Ribeiro on drums — released their debut full-length Cosmorama in July 2022, a 33-minute record blending nature-themed black metal atmospherics with crushing riffs and cosmic imagery, followed by the Sovereign EP in 2024.
Asterias is a stoner/sludge metal band from San Juan, Argentina, featuring Diego Oliver and Juan Montané sharing guitar and bass duties alongside Rodrigo Cardozo on guitar and Pedro Romano on drums. The quartet released Hijo de una Tormenta in 2021, a record that channels the heavy, riff-driven energy of South American stoner rock into dense, atmospheric territory.
Salinas, California deathcore project whose releases Gateways to Nihility and Legion...Thou Hath Defiled channel mythological and biblical horror through crushing breakdowns. Named after the Minotaur's given name from Borges — literary brutality from the Salad Bowl of the World.
Asterion is a progressive death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2006, featuring vocalist Matias Ibañez, keyboardist Eliseo Peña, guitarists Mauricio Silva and Alejandro Oliva, bassist Gustavo Miranda, and drummer Jorge Ovalle. The band released their debut album Nihil Perpetuum in 2008 and followed it with Zerzura in 2010 on Australis Records, blending elements of avant-garde, black, death, and doom metal.
Asterise delivers power metal from an undisclosed Polish location since 2022. Their celestial name — suggesting a star-like entity — drives anthemic compositions of melodic power and ambition.
Asterium has been fusing death and thrash metal from the medieval Catalan town of Castelló d'Empúries since 2011. Their dual-genre approach brings both technical ferocity and velocity to the Alt Empordà's metal scene.
Asterius crafts blackened symphonic and gothic metal from Stuttgart since 2021, named after the Minotaur's lesser-known mythological name. From the Swabian capital, they merge orchestral darkness with extreme metal in compositions of mythic scale.
Portland stoner metal act riding cosmic, fuzz-drenched grooves from the Pacific Northwest's premier stoner rock capital, blending retro vibes with occult heaviness.
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