Ancêtres has been channeling black metal from the Picard town of Saint-Just-en-Chaussée since 2004, their French name meaning "ancestors" reflecting a deep connection to lineage and heritage. Two decades of activity speak to genuine roots in the Oise department's underground.

And End... crafts depressive and post-black metal from Tula since 2013. Their name — trailing off into ellipsis — captures the unfinished, perpetually dissolving quality of their DSBM from this armaments-manufacturing city south of Moscow.

And from These Wounds blends black metal with synthwave and EBM from Moscow since 2022. Their scarred name drives a distinctive genre fusion that bridges extreme metal's rawness with electronic music's cold precision.

And Now the Owls Are Smiling delivers depressive black metal from North Norfolk since 2017, their hauntingly poetic name evoking the eerie, flat landscapes of England's easternmost coastline. Their genuinely remote origins lend atmospheric authenticity to their DSBM.

Andabata is a death metal duo from Nuremberg, Germany, active since 2006, whose releases include Bloody Screams, Corpse Grinding Machine, and Der Parasit. The two-piece delivers the raw aggression and grinding intensity of death metal from one of Bavaria's largest cities, maintaining an active presence across multiple platforms.

Andakt channels black metal from Enebakk southeast of Oslo since 2021. Their Norwegian name meaning 'devotion' or 'meditation' adds a contemplative spiritual dimension to their Akershus-bred black metal.

Andar channels atmospheric black metal from the island of Gotland since 2020. Their name — meaning 'spirits' in Swedish — connects to the spectral history of this Baltic island where Viking and medieval ruins dot the landscape.

Andartar conjures black metal from Debrecen, Hungary's Great Plain metropolis, where they formed in 2017. Their music draws from the desolate flatlands and stark continental climate of eastern Hungary.

Andavald emerged from Reykjavík in 2019 with a vision of black metal rooted in Iceland's extreme natural environment. Their atmospheric approach channels the desolation of volcanic wastelands and glacial valleys into compositions of stark, wind-carved beauty.