Apex Terror practices black metal from Sevastopol since 2012. Their peak-of-fear name drives over a decade of compositions from this fortified Black Sea city, channeling its military history into extreme metal.

Apheiron channels black metal from Nowy Sącz in Lesser Poland since 2008. Their name, derived from the Greek concept of the boundless or infinite, drives nearly two decades of black metal from this Carpathian mountain town.

Aphor channels black metal from Paris since 2019, their brief, aphoristic name reflecting a project that distills extreme metal to its essential elements. Their Parisian origins connect them to one of Europe's deepest black metal wells.

Aphotic Moon channels black metal from the UK underground since 2024, their dark-lunar name evoking the shadowed side of the night sky. The project brings lunar-inspired atmosphere to the latest wave of British black metal.

Aphrenety has evolved from thrash, death, and groove metal into a black and death metal combination from Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen city, since 2021. Their name, suggesting a frenetic loss of reason, drives their Lower Saxony-bred extremity through multiple stylistic phases.

Apocalyptic Anger unleash furious black metal driven by eschatological themes and relentless aggression. Since 2016, this Greek project has channelled end-times fury through raw, unpolished compositions.

Apocalyptic Frost is a Danish black metal band formed in 2019, delivering cold, hostile black metal true to the genre's apocalyptic traditions. The band maintains a sparse presence consistent with the raw black metal underground.

Thessaloniki's Apocalyptic Leaders deliver commanding black metal with an authoritarian edge, merging ferocious blasting with imperious atmosphere. Active since 2020, they bring a militant intensity to the northern Greek black metal scene.

Apoclibbon Doshol is an enigmatic Spanish black metal project that emerged in 2017, shrouded in the obscurity that defines the genre's most underground practitioners. Their deliberately cryptic identity and approach places them firmly within black metal's most esoteric traditions.