Antar creates symphonic melodic death metal from Surgut in western Siberia since 2018. Named after the pre-Islamic Arabian warrior-poet, they bring desert mythology to orchestrally enriched extremity from the frigid oil capital of the Khanty-Mansi region.

Ante Mortem is a death metal band from Rostock, Germany, formed in 2019, whose Latin name meaning 'before death' sets the tone for their mortality-themed approach to the genre. The band operates from the Baltic coast city that has produced a small but dedicated extreme metal community.

Antediluvian channels black and death metal from Stockholm since 2006. Their pre-flood name — referring to the world before Noah's deluge — drives two decades of compositions that reach back to humanity's mythological past.

Antesser delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Smolensk since 2000. Over a quarter century from this ancient western Russian fortress city, they have maintained a relentless commitment to punishing extremity.

Anthagora are a Vienna death/grindcore band whose discography was catalogued under the mantragora Bandcamp imprint. Rooted in the grinding extremity of acts like Napalm Death and Repulsion, they combine hyper-compressed blastbeat assaults with caustic low-end death metal heaviness.

Anthem for Murder brings melodic death metal from the small central Finnish town of Saarijärvi since 2024. Their violent name contrasts with the melodic sophistication they bring to the genre.

AntHill channels technical death metal from Odesa since 2010. Fifteen years from this Black Sea port city, they have constructed intricate, colony-like compositions of technical precision.

Anthony has been delivering death and thrash metal from the northern Ostrobothnian town of Muhos since 1997, making them one of the area's most enduring extreme metal acts. Nearly three decades of activity from such a small community speaks to remarkable dedication.

Anthrocite delivers death metal from the Scottish city of Perth since 2016, their anthracite-coal name evoking the dense, carbon-rich intensity of their sound. Their Tayside origins feed a distinctly Scottish approach to extreme metal.