Alcantaria crafts heavy metal from the southeastern coastal city of Kotka since 2019, adding to the Kymenlaakso region's growing metal community. Their name evokes medieval fortifications, fitting for a band building solid traditional metal foundations.

Alcatrax has played heavy and speed metal from Legnano, the historic Lombard battlefield town near Milan, since 2007. Their predatory-bird-inspired name captures the soaring aggression of their dual-genre approach.

Alcatraz are a thrash metal band from Kroměříž, Zlín Region, Czech Republic, whose Bandcamp catalog under the handle "alcatrazzz" documents their presence in the Moravian underground thrash scene. The band draws on the classic European thrash tradition and contributes to the Czech Republic's historically strong regional metal underground.

Founded by Neige in 2000, Alcest is widely credited with pioneering blackgaze, fusing black metal's intensity with shoegaze's ethereal beauty from the southern French town of Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Their landmark EP "Le Secret" and albums from "Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde" through "Kodama" have defined an entire subgenre and influenced countless artists worldwide.

Alchem creates gothic metal from Rome since 2017, their alchemical name suggesting the transformation of base sonic materials into something precious and dark. The Eternal City's centuries of mysticism and esoteric tradition provide natural context.

Thessaloniki's Alchemea fuse black and death metal through the lens of alchemical transformation, crafting extreme compositions that channel the mystical union of opposites. Active since 2020, their sound reflects both the aggression and the esoteric depth their name implies.

Alchemia brings heavy metal and hard rock from Reykjavík since 2020, offering a classic-leaning counterpoint to the capital's dominant black metal identity. Their alchemical name hints at the transformative ambition behind their riff-driven compositions.

Alchemical Wake crafts drone, doom, and stoner metal from San Gavino Monreale in southern Sardinia since 2019. Operating from this interior Sardinian mining town, they create vast, slow-moving sonic landscapes that transform heaviness into meditative experience.

Alchemy of Death explores progressive metal and various styles from Iași in Moldavia since 2013. From Romania's cultural capital of the east, they transform death's base materials through progressive experimentation.