Avertia channels black metal from Bergen since 2009, their Latin-derived name suggesting aversion or turning away. Over fifteen years in Norway's western black metal heartland, they have crafted a substantial body of misanthropic work.

Split's Averzija ('aversion' in Croatian) channel depressive black metal of raw emotional intensity, exploring themes of disgust, hopelessness, and self-loathing. Active since 2013, they represent the Dalmatian contribution to DSBM's global underground.

Avet merges black and death metal from Ruma in Srem since 2010. Their Serbian name meaning 'ghost' or 'phantom' drives over fifteen years of spectral extremity from this Vojvodina town.

Aveth has evolved from black metal into a black, folk, and doom metal hybrid from Kungur in the Perm Region since 2018. From this small Ural town famous for its ice caves, they channel subterranean darkness through multiple genre lenses.

Avezuha practices black metal from Bucharest since 2017. Their enigmatic name adds mystique to their Romanian capital-born black metal, maintaining the deliberate obscurity the genre prizes.

Avgrund channels black metal from Sundsvall since 2023. Their Swedish name meaning 'abyss' drives compositions from this northern Medelpad coastal city.

Avlid channels atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2020. Their Swedish name meaning 'deceased' or 'passed away' drives compositions of ghostly atmospheric beauty.

Avoid the Light crafts post-black metal from Mantua in Lombardy since 2015. Their photophobic name suggests a retreat from illumination into the atmospheric shadows of post-black metal, appropriate from the city of Virgil.

Avowal is a progressive black and death metal band from Mannheim, Germany, formed in 2019, whose 2020 EP Transformation delivers three tracks of intensely dissonant metal described as stankface-inducing ugliness. The band is equally known for their handcrafted physical releases, including custom USB boxes containing hourglasses filled with dried blood, released through Total Dissonance Worship.