After the tentative Barathrum (1993), Texan band Absu, fronted by drummer Proscriptor (Russ Givens) and featuring a synthesizer, coined an erudite and epic black-metal style devoted to esoteric and exotic themes on their second album Sun of Tiphareth (1995).

The Third Storm of Cythraul (1997) was a transitional work. Their most successful album was Tara (2001), their most violent work.

Absu's guitarist Equitant (Raymond Dillard Hefun) released the solo albums Zeit (Tarot Productions, 2006) and Konstruckteur (Tarot Productions, 2006) in a synth-pop vein.

Absu's drummer Proscriptor's released solo albums of progressive-rock.

Absu's Equitant and Proscriptor also played in Starchaser Network that released Starchaser Network (Tarot Productions, 2007).