Apocryfal operates at the intersection of black and death metal from Jyväskylä since 2012, exploring apocryphal themes through extreme metal. Their name references hidden or secret texts, fitting for music that delves into the obscure.

Apocryphal Arcane Profundity practices black metal from an undisclosed Slovak location since 2019. Their deliberately verbose name — hidden, mysterious, and deep — drives compositions that value obscurity and depth over accessibility.

Apocryphal Voice merges avant-garde experimentation with black metal from Riihimäki since 2013, pushing the genre's boundaries beyond conventional structures. Their boundary-crossing approach reflects a willingness to seek forbidden knowledge through sound.

Apocryptic is a melodic black and death metal band from Bochum, Germany, featuring Jan on guitar and bass, Simon on bass, Daniel on drums, and Matt on vocals. Their 2018 release Nothingness, produced by Dennis Koehne with artwork by Veit Schmoll, delivers three tracks of polished extreme metal blending black and death metal influences.

Apodictia channels black metal from Jyväskylä since 2019, their philosophical name meaning "necessarily true" signaling a project of unwavering conviction. Their output contributes to central Finland's growing reputation for thoughtful extreme metal.

Apodikt is a blackened death metal band from Berlin and Finsterwalde, Germany, formed in 2020, whose debut album Glaube features five German-language tracks exploring themes of faith, dominion, and judgment. The band's compositions range from concise three-minute assaults to expansive seven-minute pieces, blending black and death metal with a thematic focus on religion and authority.

Apofolis is an atmospheric black metal project from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2014, building immersive, layered soundscapes within the black metal framework. The project contributes to the growing atmospheric and post-black metal movement in western Germany.

Apogee channels black metal from the French underground since 2023, their astronomical name referencing the point farthest from Earth in an orbit. Their celestial orientation suits compositions that reach for the cosmic extremes of the genre.

Apogeion has been crafting black metal from the Finnish underground since 2007, their astronomical name referencing the point farthest from Earth in an orbit. Nearly two decades of activity mark them as one of the more enduring anonymous Finnish black metal projects.