Astrum Malum has been channeling black metal from Helsinki since 2014, their Latin name meaning "evil star" reflecting a cosmic darkness at the core of their sound. The project's stellar-malevolent identity places them among Helsinki's most atmospherically minded black metal acts.

Asubha channels black metal from Lyon since 2016, their Buddhist term meaning "unpleasant" or "impure" adding Eastern philosophical depth to their extreme sound. The project brings mindful darkness to France's third-largest city.

Asvynn is a pagan, black, and death metal band from Bad Grund in the Harz Mountains of Germany, formed in 2018, channeling the forested, mythological landscape of their mountain homeland through extreme metal. The band's fusion of pagan themes with black and death metal aggression draws natural inspiration from one of Germany's most historically mystical regions.

Asyle delivers black metal from the Mayenne capital of Laval since 2018, their French word for "asylum" evoking the confined madness at the heart of their compositions. The project channels the rural isolation of western France's interior.

Aszendent channels black metal from Bremen since 2014, their Germanic astrological term for 'ascendant' guiding a decade of activity from the Hanseatic city. Their celestial orientation informs a black metal approach rooted in cosmic and esoteric themes.

At Nightfall is a black metal project from Kloster Lehnin in Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2024, whose prolific output includes tracks with evocative titles like The End of All Time, Embraced and Lost by the Darkness, and The Solemn Procession to the Burial of All Life. The project channels the isolation and dark atmosphere of rural Brandenburg into a melancholic, death-obsessed black metal sound.

At the Twilight channels raw black metal from Nettuno south of Rome since 2019. From this Lazio coastal town, site of the famous WWII beachhead, they practice black metal in its most stripped-down, unadorned form.

Atanas creates post-black metal from Levice in the Hron Valley since 2015. Their name, derived from the Greek word for 'immortal,' drives a decade of atmospheric compositions from this southern Slovak town.

Atanatos is a black and thrash metal band from Jena, Germany, active since 1997, whose sound evolved from pure black metal into a more thrash-influenced direction over nearly three decades of activity. As one of Thuringia's longest-running extreme metal acts, the band has witnessed the genre's evolution firsthand from the late nineties onward.