Aanal Beehemoth
-Forest Paranoid-
A punk/black metal hybrid from Finland, fun and underrated album.

Agalloch
-Pale Folklore-
A classic in post-metal, not just to fans of the genre but many outsiders too.

Ancestral/Wedard
-Split-
Highly atmospheric, suicidal black metal, both bands deliver a vast sound of the depressive nature.

Animus
-Hallucinations: Ideals Surrounding Water, Sand and Clouds of Dust-
On their second album Animus take a more varied approach, adding acoustic guitars and some doom influence to their usual minimal black metal.

Anwech
-My Frozen Dream Slept Too Eternally-
Four lengthy tracks of epic, depressive black metal from Italy.

Apokefale
-Apokefale-
Modern experimental black/death metal with some electronic influences.

Aquam Igni
-El Libro del Vulgar y los Siete Sabios-
Strange, unnerving atmospheric dark ambient/power electronics (pro-cdr).

Arkhon Infaustus
-Orthodoxyn-
Brutal, orthodox blackened death metal from France.

Ashes
-Nihilist-
Bleak and disturbed suicidal black metal, more genuinely depressive than most (pro-cdr).

Ataraxie
-Anhedonie-
Sparse, desolate funeral doom metal broken up by galloping death metal sections.

Auriga
-Chains of Despair-
Raw one-man black metal from Germany.

AX
-Empire-
The latest masterpiece from AX has finally arrived! Seven perfectly crafted black metal litanies of antichristian tyranny and forbidden truths.

Axis of Advance
-Obey-
Chaotic, war-fuelled, grinding black metal from Canada featuring members of Revenge and Conquerer.