Alendalua channels atmospheric black metal from Ourense in Galicia since 2016. From this thermal-springs city in Spain's Celtic-influenced northwest, they craft black metal that draws from the region's misty, verdant landscape.

Alerion brings black metal from the historic fortress city of Verdun since 2011, drawing from the weight of one of France's most war-scarred landscapes. Their heraldic name, referencing a legendary eagle, suits music forged in a city defined by sacrifice and endurance.

Alesys is a progressive death and black metal band from Loningen, Germany, formed in 2018, fusing the technical complexity of progressive metal with the aggression of death and black metal. The band occupies a niche in the German underground where intricate songwriting meets extreme metal intensity.

Alexander D. Driftwood creates black metal from Turin since 2018, an evocative nom de guerre for a Piedmontese black metal project. The drifting, ephemeral quality suggested by the name contrasts with the genre's typically rooted aggression.

Alfahanne has delivered melodic black metal with rock influences from Eskilstuna in Södermanland since 2014. Their Swedish name meaning 'alpha male' drives over a decade of darkly melodic compositions that bridge black metal and rock from central Sweden.

Algeia channels atmospheric and depressive black metal from Sevastopol since 2017. Named after the Greek spirit of sorrow, they craft compositions of oceanic grief from this historic Black Sea port city.

Algide channels black metal from the Franche-Comté town of Montbéliard since 2013, their French word for "icy cold" perfectly describing the frigid atmosphere of their sound. The project draws from the harsh winters of eastern France's Jura borderlands.

Algor practices black metal from an undisclosed Slovak location since 2017. Their Latin name meaning 'cold' drives compositions of frigid hostility from the Central European underground.

Algor Mortis is a German black metal project from Bad Berka, formed in 2020, channeling the cold hostility and atmospheric darkness of the genre. The project emerged during the early 2020s wave of German underground black metal acts.