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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Azelsglare channels pagan black metal from Madrid since 2024, drawing from pre-Christian themes and rituals through the lens of extreme metal. Their fusion of folk-inspired elements with black metal's intensity represents the newest wave of Madrid's underground.
Azer merges black and death metal from Rome since 2015. Their concise name — possibly derived from 'Azer' meaning fire in Persian — drives compositions that burn with dual-genre intensity from the Italian capital.
Azerate is a black metal band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2020, whose name references the anti-cosmic current in certain esoteric traditions. The band brings occult-themed black metal to the northern Black Forest region.
Azeroth practices black metal from Saint Petersburg since 2015. Named after the primary world in World of Warcraft — not to be confused with Tolkien's Azeroth — they bring gaming-culture mythology to a decade of black metal from the northern capital.
Azeroth is an Argentine melodic power metal institution founded in 1995 by bassist and composer Fernando Ricciardulli, with a catalog of seven studio albums including "Senderos del Destino" (2022) and its English-language counterpart "Trails of Destiny" (2025), the latter featuring a guest appearance by Fabio Lione. Over the course of their career they have shared stages with Blind Guardian, Stratovarius, Dragonforce, Helloween, and Tarja Turunen across Latin America.
Azerothul channels black metal from 't Harde in Gelderland as of 2026. Their Warcraft-influenced name brings fantasy-gaming mythology to black metal from this small Dutch village on the Veluwe.
Azgarath conjures black metal from Brive-la-Gaillarde in the Corrèze department since 2018. From this southwestern French town at the gateway to the Dordogne, they practice black metal infused with the rural darkness of the Limousin countryside.
Azgard were a Celtic folk metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active from 2003 to 2009, blending violin, guitar, and folk melodies with metal arrangements. A posthumous full-length, "At the Break of the Day," was released in May 2015, its ten songs featuring both full-band and instrumental versions, documenting the band's melodic approach to Swiss folk metal.
Azgeroth channels black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2018. Their dark-fantasy name drives compositions of atmospheric hostility.
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