Antyesti practices raw black metal from Bucharest since 2024. Named after the Hindu last rites funeral ceremony, they bring Eastern mortality rituals into the framework of lo-fi black metal.

Formed in 2015 in Heist-op-den-Berg and later based in Lier, Antzaat takes their name from an old Dutch word meaning hostile and hateful. Their debut album For You Men Who Gaze Into The Sun on Immortal Frost Productions delivers melodic black metal in the vein of Scandinavian and Finnish forbears, driven by the compositional vision of guitarist/mastermind Ronarg, also known from Ars Veneficium.

Antares is an ambient black metal project from Bavaria, Germany, formed in 2020, merging the atmospheric expansiveness of ambient music with the rawness of black metal. Named after one of the brightest stars in the night sky, the project channels cosmic vastness through its sound.

Anu Eridu channels blackened melodic death metal from Rzeszów since 2020. Named after the Sumerian sky god and the world's oldest city, they bring ancient Mesopotamian weight to their Subcarpathian extreme metal.

Anus Mundi channels black metal from Paris since 2017, named after the notorious term used to describe Auschwitz. Their historically weighted name and extreme music confront the darkest chapters of human history.

Anweld practices black metal from Oława in Lower Silesia since 2020. Their Old English-derived name adds Anglo-Saxon linguistic heritage to their Polish black metal from this small town south of Wrocław.

Anxieta is a black metal project emerging from the small Breton fishing village of Treffiagat in 2026, representing the very newest generation of extreme music from France's Atlantic coast. Their anxiety-themed name captures the unsettled energy of a project just beginning to take shape.

Anxiety Disorder channels black metal from Vadu Crișului in the Bihor region near the Hungarian border since 2012. Their psychiatric-diagnosis name drives over a decade of agitated extremity from this small spa town in the Crișana.

Anxifer fuses black and death metal from Marseille since 2015, their anxiety-bearing name reflecting the unease at the core of their dual-genre extremity. Their Mediterranean port origins add an unlikely backdrop to their northern-European-influenced sound.