Ad-hoC are an avant-garde black metal band from Altenburg in the former East German state of Thuringia, active since 2011. Across releases like Nonkonform and Mortal Years, they pursue an unconventional vision that positions them at the experimental fringe of the German black metal scene.

Adabroc channels atmospheric black metal from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides since 2011, drawing from one of the UK's most remote and windswept locations. Their genuinely isolated island origins lend unmatched authenticity to their atmospheric compositions.

Adalwolf is a black metal project from Oranienburg, Germany, whose 2019 album Christenfeind features nine tracks of old-school black metal driven by furious drumming and melodic riffing, including re-recorded demo material originally from 2005. The project's anti-religious themes and German-language lyrics place it firmly in the tradition of misanthropic European black metal.

Adam Belial channels symphonic black metal from Chelyabinsk in the southern Urals since 2017. Their name combining the first man with a demon drives orchestrally enhanced compositions of fallen grandeur from this major industrial city.

Aderlass are an Austrian black/death metal band who have been active since the late 1990s, with early releases like the 1997 demo Krunk! establishing their raw approach. The band operates under the Aderlass Kunstverlag imprint, which combines music distribution with a broader visual arts and merchandise operation, linking to black metal acts like Varcolac and Nekropulse in the Austrian underground.

Aderta crafts atmospheric black metal from Gothenburg as of 2025. From the city that gave its name to the Gothenburg sound, they bring freshly forged atmospheric darkness from Sweden's second city.

Ades Numen fuses symphonic arrangements with black and death metal from Padua since 2017. Their name, combining the Roman god of the underworld with divine will, drives a sound that pairs orchestral grandeur with infernal extremity.

Adge is a black metal, ambient, and dungeon synth project from the Canary Islands, Spain, formed in 2023, creating a blend of atmospheric black metal and medieval-inspired dungeon synth from the Atlantic archipelago off the coast of Africa. The project brings an unusual geographic origin to the typically northern European-dominated genres of black metal and dungeon synth.

Adimiron has undergone a striking evolution from melodic death and black metal into progressive thrash and death territory since forming in Rome in 2009. Their willingness to reinvent their sound speaks to the creative restlessness of the Roman extreme metal underground.