Autius combines death and doom metal from Helsinki since 2025, exploring the tension between aggression and crushing weight at the newest frontier of Finland's extreme metal landscape. Their solitary-sounding name suits the isolation that permeates their heavy compositions.

Leeds' Autocracy deliver precision melodic death metal with technical guitar interplay and powerful rhythmic foundation. Since 2014, they've built a reputation in the Yorkshire metal scene for their tight performances and Gothenburg-influenced songwriting.

A four-piece death metal and grindcore band from Přerov, Autophobic have released albums including Tinnitus and Prdel Světa as well as a full-length death metal/grindcore record titled RARE DEMA. Their lineup of Roman Krejčí, David Šumský, Stanislav Halda, and Jan Landsinger delivers the blasting, uncompromising extremity characteristic of Czech grind.

Autopsia is a death and thrash metal band from Seligenstadt in Hesse, Germany, with roots stretching back to 1989, making them one of the oldest surviving acts in the German death-thrash underground. With over three decades of activity, the band predates many of the genre's conventions and has witnessed its entire evolution firsthand.

Autopsy Malice delivers slam and brutal death metal from Kyshtym in the Chelyabinsk Region since 2018. From a city infamously associated with one of the worst nuclear disasters in Soviet history, they bring post-mortem brutality.

Autopsy Night creates brutal death metal from Arkhara in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast since 2012. From one of Russia's most remote settlements in the Far East near the Chinese border, they deliver over a decade of morgue-themed brutality.

Autua Sagas delivers melodic death metal with metalcore elements from Hyvinkää north of Helsinki since 2020. Their name pairs the Finnish word for 'blessed' with 'sagas,' framing their melodic aggression as epic narratives of transcendence.

Autumn Aurora merges progressive death and black metal from Murmansk since 2016. From Russia's largest Arctic city, their seasonal-light name channels the brief, brilliant colors of polar autumn into compositions of technical extremity.

Autumn Crows crafts melodic death metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2018. Their seasonal-corvid name drives compositions of dark melodic beauty informed by the character of Nordic autumn.