Angrist merges heavy metal's power with progressive metal's complexity from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona's neighboring city and a hotbed of Catalan metal activity. Since 2016, the band has explored ambitious arrangements while keeping their heavy foundation firmly intact.

Animica explores progressive metalcore from the Caldas da Rainha and Alfeizerão area in Leiria district since 2010. Over fifteen years from the central Portuguese coast, they have developed a technically ambitious approach to hardcore-influenced metal.

Anken explores progressive metal from the Parisian suburb of Rosny-sous-Bois since 2008, bringing over fifteen years of compositional ambition to the Île-de-France metal scene. Their sustained activity reflects deep roots in the region's progressive music community.

Anksylion merges death and progressive metal from the Loire Valley city of Tours since 2011, combining extremity with structural sophistication. Their fantastical name suits compositions that explore both brutal and cerebral sonic territories.

Annalist has evolved from death metal into progressive rock from Warsaw since 2016. Their scholarly, record-keeping name suits a project that has documented its own stylistic evolution through careful compositional development.

Annapurna merges progressive metal with sludge from Belfast since 2017, named after one of the Himalayas' most dangerous peaks. Their mountaineering name suits compositions that scale massive, treacherous sonic heights.

Anomalize explores progressive death metal from Valls in Catalonia since 2017. From this Tarragona-province town famous for its human tower (castells) tradition, they build towering progressive compositions of structural ambition and death metal intensity.

Another Life explores progressive metal from Västervik in Småland since 2019. Their reincarnation-themed name drives compositions of ambitious structural complexity from this eastern Swedish Baltic coast town.

Another Moon merges progressive metal with sludge from Paris since 2020, creating a sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and crushing weight. Their celestial name suggests compositions that illuminate hidden dimensions of heaviness.