Abwehr is a black metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2012 and signed to Aeon of Horus Productions. Their music draws on themes of war and Norse mythology, placing them within the militant and mythologically charged current of Eastern European black metal.

Abyme channels black metal from the small Île-de-France town of Malesherbes since 2022, their French name meaning "abyss" reflecting the bottomless depths of their sound. The project draws darkness from the quiet countryside south of Paris.

Abysmal Darkening has crafted black and doom metal from Tilburg since 2011, contributing to the North Brabant city's vibrant metal scene that centers around the prestigious Roadburn Festival. Their fusion of black and doom metal suits Tilburg's identity as a pilgrimage site for underground heavy music.

Abysmal Serpent is a raw black metal project from Tuusula, emerging in 2025 with the lo-fi ferocity that defines the genre's most unpolished expressions. The project embraces black metal's most primitive aesthetic from the heart of southern Finland.

Abysmal Spectre merges black metal, death metal, and progressive metal from the East Anglian city of Norwich since 2018, creating a sophisticated hybrid of extreme styles. Their phantasmal name evokes the ghostly depths their compositions explore.

Abyss Below delivers symphonic blackened death metal from Oslo and Gothenburg as of 2025. Their bi-national Norwegian-Swedish operation bridges two of Scandinavia's most important extreme metal cities.

Abyss Cerebrum channels black metal from the Mediterranean city of Nice since 2013, their name evoking the depths of the mind's darkest recesses. The contrast between the Côte d'Azur's sunlit glamour and their sound's oppressive darkness adds an intriguing dimension.

Abyss Cult is a raw black metal band from Torello in Catalonia, Spain, formed in 2025, channeling the genre's lo-fi hostility and uncompromising aggression from the rural Osona valley north of Barcelona. The band is among the newest raw black metal acts in the Catalan extreme metal underground.

Abyss Nöir blends progressive black and death metal from an undisclosed Italian location since 2020. Their Franco-English name adds a cosmopolitan flair to the technical ambition of their genre-crossing compositions.