Founded in Vienna in 1993 by Tharen and Thurisaz — both veterans of Abigor — Amestigon play atmospheric and melodic black metal with pagan influences, and have been one of the most quietly consistent acts in the Austrian black metal scene for over thirty years. Their catalog runs from the early demo tapes Mysterious Realms and Through the Ages We Preserve... through the Napalm Records era and into celebrated later albums like Sun of All Suns (2010) and Thier (2015).

Ametropie is a melodic black metal band from the Leverkusen and Wermelskirchen area of Germany, formed in 2018, weaving melody into the raw aggression of black metal. The band represents the melodic side of the Rhineland's black metal scene, tempering blast beats and tremolo picking with memorable harmonic passages.

Amimia channels depressive black metal from Dortmund since 2024, named after the medical term for the inability to make facial expressions. From the Ruhr Valley's industrial heartland, they explore emotional paralysis through DSBM's anguished sonic vocabulary.

A solo project by Tereza V., Amissa Anima — Latin for 'Lost Soul' — is a one-woman depressive black metal undertaking from Liberec, Czech Republic. Her 2019 album Anamnesa, a self-released eight-track full-length, handles all composition, instruments, drums, vocals, mixing, and mastering without outside contribution, presenting an intimate and bleak atmospheric journey.

Amistad practices black metal from North Holland since 2019. Their Spanish name meaning 'friendship' creates a striking contrast with the misanthropic hostility typical of their genre.

Ammanas has evolved from black metal into epic and atmospheric black metal from Vladivostok since 2019. Named after the god of shadow in Steven Erikson's Malazan books, they channel literary fantasy into increasingly expansive compositions from Russia's Pacific coast.

Ammophila channels depressive black metal from Zvolen in central Slovakia since 2017. Named after the sand wasp genus, their entomological identity drives compositions of burrowing despair from this Hron Valley town.

Originally formed in Zaragoza in 2000, Amnion explored atmospheric black metal themes of darkness and desolation across a career that eventually led to their transformation into Cryptic Wanderings. Their legacy lives on through the successor project, which took its name from Amnion's sole album.

Athens' Amnis Nihili channel the existential void through black metal compositions of bleak intensity, their Latin name ('river of nothing') encapsulating their nihilistic philosophical outlook. Active since 2011, they explore themes of emptiness and dissolution.