Abbath is the solo project of Olve Eikemo, the iconic former Immortal frontman, delivering black metal from Bergen since 2015. His frost-painted visage and tremolo-driven riffing have made him one of black metal's most recognizable figures worldwide.

Abbey of the Ancient Ones channels thrash, heavy, and black metal from Cologne since 2024. Their monastic name conjures images of forbidden knowledge and dark ritual from the cathedral city on the Rhine.

Abbey ov Thelema has evolved from dark ambient into avant-garde black metal from Zvolen in central Slovakia since 2012. Named after Aleister Crowley's mystical retreat with deliberately archaic spelling, they channel occult philosophy through experimental extremity.

Abbinormal merges death metal and grindcore from Milan since 2019, their intentionally misspelled name signaling the deviant extremity of their sonic approach. The Lombard capital's dense underground provides fertile ground for their grotesque musical experiments.

Abbot creates doom and southern metal from Pori on Finland's western coast since 2012. Their monastic name contrasts with the whiskey-soaked warmth of their southern-inflected doom, a Finnish take on Americana-tinged heaviness.

Abbotoir crafts funeral doom metal from Belfast since 2013, their slaughterhouse-abbey portmanteau name evoking both religious and industrial horror. Their Northern Irish origins feed some of the island's slowest, heaviest compositions.

AbbrahMyth plays heavy metal from Quartu Sant'Elena near Cagliari in Sardinia since 2014. Their mythologically tinged name carries the weight of Mediterranean legend, channeled through the sun-baked island's distinctive metal underground.

Abdication delivers melodic death metal from Moscow since 2013. Their name — the act of renouncing a throne — drives over a decade of melodic extremity that rejects comfort for aggressive sovereignty.

ABDN is a groove and alternative metal band from La Puebla de Almoradiel in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, formed in 2023, merging groove metal's rhythmic heaviness with alternative metal's experimental edge. The band represents the growing metal presence in the rural heartland of central Spain.