Aurum Solis delivers death metal from Wrocław since 2013. Their Latin name meaning 'gold of the sun' brings alchemical illumination to the dark art of death metal from Lower Silesia's capital.

Auslöschung merges black and death metal from Gotland since 2021. Their German name meaning 'extinction' or 'annihilation' brings a Teutonic severity to dual-genre compositions from Sweden's largest Baltic island.

Stoke-on-Trent's Austerymn merge melodic death metal hooks with doom-laden atmospheres, crafting songs that balance crushing weight with sorrowful melody. Their sound draws from the Finnish death-doom tradition, channelling the melancholy of acts like Swallow the Sun.

Northeast England's Australopithican launched in 2024 with a savage blend of black and death metal that channels humanity's most primitive instincts through blasting percussion and feral riffing. Their paleontological name signals an interest in exploring the primal origins of aggression.

AUTARKH is an industrial death metal and progressive metal band from Tilburg, Netherlands, formed in June 2020 by Michel Nienhuis, who also founded the avant-garde black metal project Dodecahedron. The band's debut album Form in Motion, released on Season of Mist in March 2021, fused extreme metal with dense electronic programming and industrial textures. A second album, Emergent, followed, and the band secured festival appearances at events including Hellfest.

Autarkia is a melodic thrash and death metal band from Leipzig, Germany, formed in 2016, whose name references the concept of self-sufficiency, reflecting an independent, DIY approach to extreme metal. The band combines thrash speed with melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility from Saxony's cultural capital.

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.