A death metal band from Halle, Flemish Brabant, formed in November 2007 by guitarist Glenn and drummer Maxime with the stated aim of producing death metal "as brutal as possible" through frenetic rhythms, aggressive percussion, and gore-inflected lyrics. Their debut full-length Anima In Decay (2017) contains nine original tracks plus a bonus track.

Anthropoid Idol is a black and death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2024, whose name evokes primitive, totemic imagery fitting the primal extremity of their combined black and death metal approach. The band is among the newest extreme metal acts in the Copenhagen scene.

Anthropologist delivers death metal from Helsinki since 2024, approaching the genre with the analytical precision their scientific name implies. The project represents the newest wave of death metal emerging from Finland's capital.

Anthropomancy merges death and doom metal from West Yorkshire since 2019, named after the ancient practice of divination through human entrails. Their gruesome divinatory name suits the visceral horror of their compositions.

Anthropophagite delivers death metal from the naval city of Portsmouth since 2019, their cannibal-referencing name drawing from Shakespeare's use of the word. Their Hampshire origins feed a distinctly literary approach to extreme metal.

Anti Flesh Nimbus creates melodic death metal from Magdeburg since 2015, their surreal name evoking a hostile aura surrounding corporeal existence. From the capital of Saxony-Anhalt on the Elbe, they craft Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with German precision.

Antichrist is a black metal band from Mainz, Germany, formed in 2012, whose sound evolved from an early blend of black and heavy metal into a more extreme black and death metal direction. The band's provocative name and genre evolution reflect a restless pursuit of heavier, more extreme territory within the German underground.

Anticipation is a death metal band from Lengenfeld in Saxony, Germany, formed in 2022, contributing to the growing extreme metal presence in the Vogtland region. The band delivers death metal's unrelenting heaviness from the eastern German underground.

AntiCorpse fuses black metal, death metal, and thrash metal from the small Breton port of Paimpol since 2017, bringing triple-genre extremity to the Côtes-d'Armor. Their anti-corpse name and maritime origins create a uniquely Breton flavor of extreme metal.