Ashur merges black and death metal from Łódź since 2018. Named after the principal Assyrian deity, they bring Mesopotamian mythological weight to their dual-genre compositions from Poland's third-largest city.

Ashvintera is a German raw black metal and dungeon synth project formed in 2020, inhabiting the intersection of lo-fi black metal hostility and the medieval, atmospheric soundscapes of dungeon synth. The project represents the growing cross-pollination between these two underground styles.

Ashwind is a German melodic black metal project whose 2016 release Of Austere Light features five instrumental atmospheric black metal compositions including the fourteen-minute title track. The project blends dark atmospherics with melodic instrumentation, its German-language titles like Einsamkeit Ufer and Verwusten revealing themes of solitude and devastation.

A spectral black metal project from England, Ashwinds conjure bleak, wind-swept atmospheres through raw tremolo melodies and cavernous production. Active since 2013, the project channels the desolation of the British landscape into frigid, contemplative black metal.

Volos' Askalaphos take their name from the Greek underworld daemon who served as Hades' orchard keeper, crafting black metal steeped in chthonic mythology. Since 2019, they've channelled Thessalian mysticism through atmospheric compositions.

Askaroth is a one-man instrumental black metal project from Germany, formed in 2022, whose self-titled debut album spans ten tracks and fifty-two minutes of atmospheric black and thrash metal inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Track titles like Tinuviel, Earendil, and Mirrormere map the project's compositions directly onto Middle-earth's mythology.

A new-wave London black metal project launched in 2025, Askebo explore the genre's rawer edges with lo-fi production and hypnotic, repetitive tremolo passages. Their sound nods to the Scandinavian second wave while carving out a distinctly modern, urban atmosphere.

Askelad is a melodic black metal band from Halle (listed) and Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2023, whose releases include the Askelad demo, the album Lichtung, and a live recording from a 2023 Leipzig performance. The band's name references the Scandinavian folk tale hero, grounding their melodic black metal in a tradition of mythological storytelling.

Asken av Verden creates depressive black metal, dark ambient, and industrial from Catalonia since 2016. Their Norwegian-language name meaning 'ashes of the world' brings Scandinavian bleakness to the Mediterranean context of northeastern Spain.