Abductum is a thrash metal band from Maracena near Granada, Spain, formed in late 2010, whose two albums The Unrevealed Truth and Behold the Man, released through Art Gates Productions, deliver pure thrash aggression in the 1980s tradition. The band's artwork is created by guitarist Noel Puente, and their sound has been praised for embodying the true thrash spirit with increasing aggression across each release.

Abel channels industrial and thrash metal from Amadora in the Lisbon metropolitan area since 2008. Named after the first murder victim in biblical tradition, they process that primal violence through the grinding mechanisms of industrial thrash.

Abel Is Dying has evolved from melodic death metal and metalcore origins in 2005 through a long run in Milan's heavy music scene. Their biblical name evokes primal violence, which their Lombard-bred sound has explored through multiple stylistic phases.

Abel Sequera is a progressive metal, shred, and djent artist from Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2018, showcasing technical guitar virtuosity and complex rhythmic patterns within the progressive metal framework. The project brings the precise, rhythmically innovative approach of djent to the Catalan metal scene.

Abelion plays heavy metal from Kyiv since 2017. From the Ukrainian capital, they deliver classic heavy metal that draws strength from the city's resilient cultural spirit.

Aberdar are a stoner metal band from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose three-album discography — Kolos, The Cult of the Naked Snail, and THE SUN — moves through the hazy, riff-heavy tradition of desert and stoner rock. Their sound is built on downtuned, fuzz-soaked guitar work and a gravitational low-end that connects them to the European stoner metal scene's love of sustained heaviness.

Aberrancy has crafted stoner and sludge metal from Piła in Greater Poland since 1991, a remarkably early origin for a style that barely existed at the time. Over three decades, they have evolved alongside the genres they helped pioneer in the Polish underground.

Aberrazione channels thrash and death metal from San Donà di Piave in the Venice metropolitan area since 2021. Their Italian name meaning 'aberration' captures the deviant energy they bring from the Veneto flatlands.

Abesforia creates atmospheric doom and death metal from Ryazan southeast of Moscow since 2013. From this ancient Russian city on the Oka River, they craft compositions of vast, melancholic weight.