An-Al Gore merges grindcore with death and black metal from Brescia since 2013, their provocatively named project bringing chaotic extremity to the Lombard industrial city. Their multi-genre approach throws stylistic convention into the blender with gleeful abandon.

An[om]aly delivers brutal death metal from Paris since 2014, their creatively punctuated name signaling a band that approaches the genre with unconventional flair. Their sound brings technical precision to the French capital's extreme metal landscape.

A death metal and grindcore band from Komořany in the Czech Republic, Anaalia operate within the country's deep-rooted extreme underground scene. Their music channels the brutal, short-form aggression typical of Czech grindcore alongside heavier death metal structures.

Anabios channels thrash and death metal from Kyiv since 2017. Their hibernation-referencing name drives compositions of awakened aggression from the Ukrainian capital.

Anabioz channels folk, doom, and death metal from Oktyabrsky in Bashkortostan since 2008. Their Russian name for 'anabiosis' — a state of suspended animation — drives nearly two decades of folk-infused extremity from this Ural oil-industry city.

Anachronaeon crafts melodic death metal from Västerås since 2007. Their temporal-anomaly name drives nearly two decades of compositions from this Västmanland lake city, each one a deliberate anachronism in the best tradition of Swedish melodeath.

Dissonant technical death metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland, formed in 2009 and signed to Unorthodox Emanations (Avantgarde Music), featuring members with ties to Kakothanasy, Tetraodon, and Transhumance. Their 2023 album "Meanders" was hailed for its complex, organic compositions exploring consciousness, perception, and the interconnectedness of self and environment, drawing comparisons to Ulcerate and Artificial Brain.

Self-described purveyors of "Metal Chungo," Anajulia was a Valladolid deathcore outfit that based their lyrics on Spain's most infamous criminal cases and true crime stories. Across releases like "Crónica Negra, Vol. 1" and "Cinco Días De Cacería," they married brutal breakdowns with tabloid-shocking subject matter from 2019 to 2023.

Anakhoret channels blackened melodic death metal from an undisclosed Russian location since 2001. Named after the Greek word for 'anchorite' — a religious hermit — over two decades of reclusive creativity have produced a body of melodically sophisticated extremity.