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Providence, Rhode Island black metal project with two releases since 2022. Mons Martyrum ('mountain of martyrs') and The Mountains Swallow Us pair religious suffering with geological imagery through atmospheric black metal.
Astral Woods channels black metal from Sagunto near Valencia since 2025, their sylvan-cosmic name evoking forests that extend into the stars. From this town of ancient Iberian and Roman ruins on the Mediterranean coast, they bring freshly forged darkness.
Toledo, Ohio melodic death metal act with two full-lengths since 2020. ACROSS THE AEONS and Eternity's End deliver ambitious, cosmically scaled melodeath that punches well above the typical underground weight class from the Glass City.
West Des Moines, Iowa black metal project whose 2016 EP From the Depths of the Dark Fortress channels dungeon-synth aesthetics through black metal from the Des Moines suburbs. Midwestern isolation transformed into medieval darkness.
Astralion delivers melodic power metal from Lohja, a lakeside town west of Helsinki, since 2014. Their stellar name drives soaring, keyboard-enhanced compositions in the proud tradition of Finnish power metal that Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica established.
Astralist weaves atmospheric black, doom, and post-metal from Cork since 2020, creating an expansive sonic palette from Ireland's cultural capital of the south. Their celestial name matches the vast, skyward-reaching quality of their multi-genre compositions.
Lexington, Kentucky folk metal act blending traditional folk instrumentation with metallic heft, adding a unique flavor to the Bluegrass State's growing heavy music community.
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.
Astralvm is an atmospheric melodic black metal solo project from Osorno, Chile, created by multi-instrumentalist Egon Gubernatis. The project is entirely instrumental and its 2022 album Existence earned recognition as Black Metal Release of the Year from the metal publication Metal Has No Borders.
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