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Austral is a black metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2018, whose lineup features vocalist Matías Briones (aka Zaitham Iscariote), guitarists Blackterium and Maleficarvm, bassist Terrorwielder, and drummer Invokker. The band released their debut full-length, the sprawlingly titled Pestilential Souls Falling into the Endless Vortex of Misery, in 2018, drawing on themes of mysticism and spiritual corruption.
Austral Nox is an independent symphonic black metal band from Santiago, Chile, whose lyrical themes span horror, death, and nature. In 2018 they released the four-track EP The Forsaking of the Sun, featuring songs including "Angelical Mutilated Skies" and the eight-minute title track.
Australes Tenebris was a black metal band from Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil active between 2013 and 2017, whose name evokes the southern darkness of their home region. They released a demo — "Quando Uiva o Minuano" (named after the cold pampas wind) — and the full-length "Reflections of a Decadent Life" (Sunset Light Records), exploring themes of philosophy, misanthropy, madness, and decay before dissolving in 2017.
Minneapolis/Saint Paul melodic death metal band from the Twin Cities, channeling the Southern Hemisphere-referencing name through Minnesota's cold, Nordic-influenced metal scene.
Northeast England's Australopithican launched in 2024 with a savage blend of black and death metal that channels humanity's most primitive instincts through blasting percussion and feral riffing. Their paleontological name signals an interest in exploring the primal origins of aggression.
San Diego crossover thrash and metalcore project built entirely around Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions and movie quotes. Their 2008 debut Total Brutal is exactly what it sounds like — tongue-in-cheek thrash with Austrian accent vocal deliveries that transforms action movie one-liners into metal anthems.
Ausweglos is an atmospheric black metal project from Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2025, whose German name meaning 'hopeless' or 'no way out' establishes the despairing tone of their atmospheric black metal approach. The project is among the newest additions to the Franconian black metal underground.
Auszaat are a Salzburg-based band who describe their own genre as "blackened whatever," a self-aware tag for music that merges black metal with sludge, doom, hardcore, and post-metal. Their album Morast menschlicher Worte ("Swamp of Human Words") exemplifies their approach — claustrophobic, sinister, and deliberately hard to categorise, building a dark and immersive atmosphere through dense layering.
Aut Mori creates gothic and doom metal from Yaroslavl since 2012. Their Latin name meaning 'or to die' — likely part of the phrase 'conquer or die' — drives over a decade of darkly romantic compositions from this Golden Ring city.
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