AvatariA is a gothic metal band with black metal influences from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2012, whose prolific catalog includes The Matrix Falls, Eneagramm, New World Order, The Last Falling, Apocalyptic, Memoirs of Humanity, and the 2025 release Downfall. The band blends gothic metal's dark atmospherics with death and black metal aggression across consistently released albums.

A brand-new folk-inflected black metal project from the UK, Avazeboz launched in 2026 with compositions that interweave traditional folk elements with tremolo-driven black metal intensity. Their approach bridges the gap between pastoral melody and extreme metal ferocity.

Avdagata crafts melodic black and death metal from Gothenburg since 2021. Their enigmatic name drives compositions from the city that defined melodic extreme metal.

Ave Maria is an experimental black metal project from Germany, formed in 2011, pushing the genre's boundaries through unconventional compositions and avant-garde approaches. The project's provocative religious name creates deliberate tension with its black metal framework.

Aven practices black metal from the Occitanie region since 1995, making them one of southern France's longest-running black metal entities. Three decades of activity from this historically Occitan-speaking territory have produced a substantial body of work steeped in regional identity.

Avern channels black metal from the Barcelona satellite cities of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Molins de Rei since 2019. Their dual-city origins reflect the spread of extreme metal throughout the Catalan metropolitan area beyond Barcelona proper.

Averse has explored progressive black metal from Lille in northern France since 2007, pushing the boundaries of the genre through nearly two decades of compositional experimentation. Their contrarian name captures the spirit of opposition that drives their unconventional approach.

Aversio Humanitatis has become one of Madrid's most internationally recognized black metal acts, signed to the prestigious Debemur Morti Productions and Sentient Ruin Laboratories. From "Abandonment Ritual" through "Behold the Silent Dwellers" and their upcoming "To Become The Endless Static," they walk through ghostly cityscapes via unrelenting dissonant black metal that explores humanity's destructive pursuit of perfection.

Aversion Cult creates raw black metal from an undisclosed Russian location as of 2025. Their repulsion-worship name drives lo-fi compositions of deliberate hostility and ritualized disgust.