Anthropoid Idol is a black and death metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2024, whose name evokes primitive, totemic imagery fitting the primal extremity of their combined black and death metal approach. The band is among the newest extreme metal acts in the Copenhagen scene.

Anthropologist delivers death metal from Helsinki since 2024, approaching the genre with the analytical precision their scientific name implies. The project represents the newest wave of death metal emerging from Finland's capital.

Anthropomancy merges death and doom metal from West Yorkshire since 2019, named after the ancient practice of divination through human entrails. Their gruesome divinatory name suits the visceral horror of their compositions.

Anthropophagite delivers death metal from the naval city of Portsmouth since 2019, their cannibal-referencing name drawing from Shakespeare's use of the word. Their Hampshire origins feed a distinctly literary approach to extreme metal.

Anthropovore channels black metal from Paris since 2021, their man-eating name signaling a project intent on consuming all that is human. The project adds a misanthropic voice to the French capital's dense black metal community.

Anthurium weaves progressive and symphonic metal from the small Catalan town of Santa Eugènia de Berga, creating elaborate compositions that draw from both classical and metal traditions. Since 2019, the project has cultivated a layered, intricate sound that defies their rural origins.

Anti Anti Anti is a thrash metal and crossover band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2014, blending the speed and fury of thrash metal with the raw energy and attitude of punk-influenced crossover. The band brings a confrontational, high-energy approach to the Rhineland metal and punk scenes.

Anti Dote thrashes from Bruges since 2017, channeling the medieval city's dark history into high-speed aggression. Their pharmaceutical name, split into two words, suggests a cure that might be worse than the disease.

Anti Flesh Nimbus creates melodic death metal from Magdeburg since 2015, their surreal name evoking a hostile aura surrounding corporeal existence. From the capital of Saxony-Anhalt on the Elbe, they craft Scandinavian-influenced melodeath with German precision.