Alareikaz channels black metal from Västerbotten in northern Sweden since 2016. Their proto-Germanic name adds reconstructed ancient-language gravitas to black metal from the boreal forests of Norrland.

Alaska merges black and heavy metal from North Yorkshire since 2006, creating an unusual fusion of extreme and traditional styles. Two decades of activity from the Yorkshire Dales speak to sustained commitment in one of England's most scenic regions.

Alasteth is a black metal band from the Solingen and Essen area of Germany, formed in 2019, channeling the cold aggression and atmospheric darkness characteristic of the German black metal underground. The band maintains a low profile consistent with the genre's tradition of obscurity.

A black metal band from Mons formed in 2003 by the pseudonymous WxTen, with an approach that grafts thrash, death, and crust punk influences onto a raw black metal foundation, citing Watain, Darkthrone, and Mgla as touchstones. The band has shared stages with Cirith Gorgor, Bestial Mockery, and Nocturnal Depression, and released the EP Ascension of Rage among other recordings.

Alastis was a Swiss extreme metal band formed in Sion, Valais in 1987 under the name Fourth Reich, shifting to black metal and adopting the name Alastis — derived from Alastor, the executioner of hell — in 1989. The band evolved across their career from raw black metal toward gothic and industrial-inflected extreme metal, releasing albums including The Just Law, ...And Death Smiled (1995), and Unity (2001), drawing comparisons to fellow Swiss act Samael. They disbanded in the early 2000s after a run of five studio albums.

Alatyr was a black and pagan metal band from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 1997 with themes of nature, homeland, and atavism. Now split up, the band released the demo "Agoj" (1999) and drew from Slavic folk traditions to craft an early example of Belarusian pagan metal.

Albmara is a German melodic black metal project from Wiesbaden whose 2016 concept album Dunkelmahrs Buch spans nearly fifty minutes of epic, narrative-driven metal drawing from Germanic and Norse mythology. The limited-edition release, capped at one hundred copies with a twenty-page booklet, reflects the project's immersive storytelling ambitions across six compositions blending black, death, and viking metal elements.

Alburnum blends atmospheric and folk black metal from an undisclosed Dutch location since 2022. Their botanical name — referring to the living wood just beneath tree bark — suggests organic, forest-connected black metal.

Alcahest channels black metal from the French underground since 2021, named after the legendary universal solvent of alchemy. Their name suggests music that dissolves all resistance, leaving only the pure essence of extreme metal.