Abandoned Life merges death and doom metal from Royal Leamington Spa since 2015, creating mournful compositions from the heart of the Warwickshire spa town. Their forsaken name captures the desolation that permeates their heavy sound.

Abandoned Stars explores progressive metal from Edinburgh since 2013, their cosmic-melancholic name reflecting compositions that reach for celestial heights from the Scottish capital. Over a decade of activity speaks to sustained ambition within Scotland's metal scene.

Abandonment delivers brutal death metal from Urretxu in the Basque Country since 2015. From this small Gipuzkoan industrial town, they create music of devastating brutality that taps into the fierce independence of Basque culture.

Abandono is a heavy metal band from Astorga in Leon province, Spain, formed in 2014, whose Spanish name meaning 'abandonment' sets a melancholic tone for their heavy metal approach. The band operates from the small historic city on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain.

A DIY deathcore project from Dortmund, Germany, Abascaban blend old-school deathcore elements with modern death metal and grindcore influences. Their self-produced catalog includes the releases In Bardo, Where All Paths End, and A Fleeting Memory, each reflecting a raw, uncompromising independence.

Active since 2007 out of Berlin, Abasement combine death metal and thrash metal in a punishing hybrid that reflects the German capital's thriving extreme music scene. The band channel the aggressive energy of both genres into a forceful, no-nonsense sound.

Abaton draws from black and doom metal in Forlì, a Romagna city with roots stretching back to the Roman Republic, since 2011. Their name — Greek for 'inaccessible place' — matches the forbidding, slow-burning darkness of their dual-genre approach.

Abbas Taeter has created atmospheric black metal from the southern Italian city of Potenza in Basilicata since 2012. Operating from one of Italy's highest and most isolated provincial capitals, their remote setting naturally informs the austere, isolated quality of their sound.

Abbat Gibur channels black metal from Klaipėda on the Lithuanian Baltic coast since 2024. From this port city where the Curonian Lagoon meets the sea, they forge black metal steeped in maritime darkness.