Abscission is a blackened death metal band from Roskilde, Denmark, formed in 2023, fusing the atmospheric hostility of black metal with death metal's guttural ferocity. The band operates from the historic Viking-era city west of Copenhagen.

Absence thrashes from Bischberg in Upper Franconia since 2020, bringing speed and aggression from this small Bavarian community near Bamberg. Their paradoxical name — presence defined by what is missing — drives compositions of restless, seeking energy.

Absence Betrayal channels melodic black and death metal from Irkutsk in eastern Siberia since 2018. From the gateway city to Lake Baikal — the world's deepest lake — they craft melodic extremity shaped by the vast Siberian landscape.

Athens' Absense blend melodic death metal with metalcore energy, creating an accessible yet aggressive sound built on soaring guitar harmonies and powerful breakdowns. Since 2020, they've brought a modern edge to the Greek melodeath tradition.

Absent Fear creates death metal from Sandviken in Gästrikland as of 2025. Their paradoxical name — fear that is not present — suggests a fearlessness channeled through death metal's confrontational vocabulary.

Absenta is a death and thrash metal crossover band from Torrelavega in Cantabria, Spain, formed in 2010, whose self-described 'post black n roll metal' blends post-black metal with death, thrash, and heavy metal influences. Their albums Under the Sight of Mulhacen and the 2016 follow-up Eel, recorded with producer Manuel Martinez of Estirpe at Mart Estudios and released through Necromance Records, deliver atmospheric yet aggressive compositions.

Absenth has navigated from melodic death and doom metal through industrial gothic to melodic metalcore from Voronezh since 2005. Two decades of stylistic reinvention from this Black Earth Region city speak to relentless creative restlessness.

A death metal band split between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Absidia formed in 2020 and bring together musicians from two of Baden-Württemberg's major cities. Their approach to death metal reflects the collaborative energy of southwest Germany's growing extreme metal community.

Absinthe channels death and thrash metal from the Île-de-France town of Limay since 2017, named after the notorious green spirit that fueled so much Parisian art. Their intoxicating name suits a sound that hits with hallucinatory intensity.