Aphrodia Okkulta is a German extreme death metal art project formed in 2018, distinguished by its rotating cast of session musicians with no fixed lineup across releases. The project combines symphonic and orchestral elements with high-tempo, aggressive death metal and German-language growl vocals across releases like Running in Circles, The Relentless Power of a Crushing Tide, and Ephemeral, explicitly positioning itself as confrontational art not intended for casual listening.

Apnia crafts gothic metal from the naval city of Portsmouth since 2019, their sleep-apnea name evoking the suffocating, breathless quality of their atmospheric compositions. Their Hampshire origins feed a darkly romantic approach to heavy music.

Appendix is a gothic rock and metal band from Bruhl near Cologne, Germany, formed in 2020, blending the dark romanticism of gothic rock with the heavier edge of metal. The band operates in the Rhineland region, contributing to the gothic metal tradition that has deep roots in the German scene.

April Weeps creates melodic groove and gothic metal from Dunajská Streda in the Žitný ostrov since 2013. From this Hungarian-majority town in Slovakia's Danube island region, they bring over a decade of tearful melodic compositions.

Born from the members of Noxius Corp., Arborea crafted progressive gothic metal in Barcelona before releasing their sole album "Collage" in 2012 and disbanding. Their brief but focused career captured the melancholic beauty of Catalonia's gothic metal scene at its most introspective.

Arbour crafts gothic doom and death metal from Ålesund on Norway's Art Nouveau coast since 2014. Their garden-shelter name evokes the sheltered, verdant spaces where beauty and decay coexist — much like their music.

Arcana Noctem crafts symphonic black and gothic metal from Lviv since 2018. Their Latin name meaning 'secrets of the night' drives orchestrally enriched compositions from this architecturally magnificent western Ukrainian city.

Arcane Cathedral crafts symphonic death and gothic metal from Krosno in the Subcarpathian region since 2018. Their ecclesiastical-mystical name drives orchestrally enhanced compositions from this historic glass-working town in southeastern Poland.

Archantia combines death metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, and power metal from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, creating an ambitious multi-genre sound from Spain's Atlantic islands. Since 2019, they've brought the Canary Islands' volcanic intensity to a fusion of metal's most dramatic subgenres.