Angelus Apatrida is a Spanish thrash metal band formed in Albacete in 2000 by brothers Guillermo and Jose Izquierdo alongside drummer Victor Valera and guitarist David Alvarez. After signing to Century Media Records in 2009, the band released a string of albums including Clockwork (2010), The Call (2012), and the self-titled Angelus Apatrida (2021), which topped the official Spanish album charts. Their 2023 album Aftermath was supported by a world tour, establishing them as one of the premier contemporary thrash metal acts in Europe.

Anger has wielded heavy and thrash metal from the Witten, Remscheid, and Wuppertal triangle in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1978, making them one of Germany's longest-running metal acts. Nearly five decades of Ruhr Valley fury have earned them a place in the history of German metal.

Anger Machine delivers thrash and groove metal from North Holland since 2016. Their mechanical-fury name captures the relentless, engine-like quality of their rhythmically driven compositions.

Leganés-based AngerSoul has been channeling death-thrash fury from Madrid's southern suburbs since 2012, delivering riff-driven aggression rooted in the classic crossover of both genres. Their sound captures the volatile energy of Spain's thriving extreme metal underground.

Angriff thrashes from Mangualde in the Dão-Lafões region of central Portugal since 1998. Their German name meaning 'attack' drives nearly three decades of high-speed aggression from the Portuguese interior wine country.

Angry Nation are a melodic thrash/death metal band from Wiener Neustadt built around guitarist Walter Oberhofer, with contributions from members of Darkside and Wolfheart. Their albums The Fail Decade and Embracing the Collapse channel the socio-political anxiety of the 2010s into tightly constructed riffing that bridges late-80s Bay Area thrash with melodic Scandinavian death metal.

Anihilated delivers thrash metal from the Suffolk town of Ipswich since 2020, their intentionally misspelled name promising total destruction. Their East Anglian origins feed a sound as relentless as their annihilating name implies.

Animal Farm delivers technical thrash metal with crossover elements from Naples since 2013, their Orwellian name adding political subtext to their precise, high-speed approach. From southern Italy's chaotic metropolis, they bring sardonic social commentary through thrash.

Animamortua plays heavy and thrash metal from Malta since 2017, their Latin name meaning 'dead soul' adding classical gravity to their Mediterranean island metal. From the smallest EU member state, they punch above their weight in heavy metal power.