Apa Simbetii merges black and death metal from Bucharest since 2013. Their Romanian name, referencing 'Saturday's water' — a folk tradition connected to commemorating the dead — grounds their extreme metal in Romanian folk belief.

Apagoge delivers power metal from Ravenna since 2013, named after the ancient Greek legal procedure of bringing a criminal before a magistrate. From the city of Dante's tomb and Byzantine mosaics, they forge technically polished power metal with classical depth.

Apallic Decay is a black and death metal band from the Katzweiler and Kaiserslautern area of Germany, formed in 2016, delivering a mixture of black and death metal with progressive influences that brings a versatile approach to the stage. Their releases include First Blood, the EP Return of the Unhallowed, and the full-length Realms of Tartaros, drawing thematic inspiration from Greek mythology and the underworld.

Apanthropia merges black metal, doom metal, and gothic metal from the French underground since 2009, their misanthropic name reflecting a withdrawal from humanity into sonic darkness. Their triple-genre fusion creates a rich, atmospheric sound of deep emotional weight.

A young thrash/death metal four-piece from the Kolín area, Aparath began writing material in 2023 and gave their first live performance in spring 2025. Their early demos include the tracks Hladomor and Kosa Smrti, signaling a raw, aggressive approach to Czech underground extreme metal.

Aparthate channels pagan and thrash metal from Kyiv since 2015. Their separation-themed name drives over a decade of folk-influenced thrash from the Ukrainian capital.

Apata delivers death metal from Bremen since 2022, named after the Greek spirits of deceit. From the Hanseatic city of the Bremen Town Musicians, they create death metal rooted in mythological deception.

Apatheia practices black metal from Mielec in the Subcarpathian region since 2018. Named after the Stoic philosophical concept of freedom from emotional disturbance, they pursue a cold, detached strain of black metal from southeastern Poland.

Apati has practiced depressive black metal and post-rock from the Västerås and Fagersta area since 2016. Their Swedish name meaning 'apathy' drives compositions of profound emotional numbness from the Västmanland industrial belt.