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Hold Your Children Close and Pray for Oblivion (2016)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Aegult channels raw black metal from Manchester since 2021, embracing the lo-fi hostility that defines the genre's most uncompromising wing. Their stripped-down approach draws darkness from one of England's most industrial cities.
Aehrebelsethe is a one-man pagan black metal project from the Basque Country, created by Akerbelex, who handles all instruments and vocals. The 2018 debut EP Gauaren Semeak, recorded during Samhain 2017 and limited to one hundred CDs, features lyrics in Euskera and draws on Basque mythology and cultural identity through raw pagan black metal.
Ohio black metal and melodic death metal project blending atmospheric darkness with Scandinavian-influenced harmonies from the Buckeye State.
AEiOU is a black metal project from Chemnitz, Germany, formed in 2021, exploring the genre's capacity for atmospheric darkness from the former Karl-Marx-Stadt in Saxony. The project adds to Chemnitz's growing reputation as a breeding ground for underground extreme metal in eastern Germany.
Athens' Aeklypsis blend death metal, folk metal, and progressive elements into an ambitious, multi-faceted sound that defies easy categorisation. Since 2017, they've crafted compositions that draw from Greek musical traditions while pushing into extreme and progressive territory.
Thessaloniki's Aelveryth emerged in 2025 with atmospheric black metal of ethereal beauty, layering shimmering tremolo melodies over blast beats and ambient textures. Their elven-sounding name reflects a mystical, fantasy-inspired approach to atmospheric extremity.
Aelvica is a prolific black and death metal project from Pinellas County, Florida. Since 2022, the project has released an extraordinary number of albums built around a sprawling fantasy narrative — the "Aelvican Saga" — weaving blackened death metal with lore-driven concept albums about lichdragons, corpsewyrms, and cursed realms.
Aemerald creates symphonic heavy and power metal from Turin since 2018, their gemstone name reflecting the polished brilliance of their orchestrally enhanced approach. Piedmont's industrial capital provides an unexpected backdrop for their jewel-toned compositions.
Aemeth delivers brutal death metal from Cagliari since 2020, taking their name from the Hebrew word for 'truth' inscribed on the Golem of Prague. Their Sardinian brutality searches for absolute truth through the most extreme sonic means available.
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