Autumnal Cold crafts melodic death metal from Sokołów Podlaski in eastern Masovia since 2018. Their seasonal name captures the biting chill of Polish autumn, which their melodic compositions render in musical frost.

Autumnal Discord crafts atmospheric death and doom metal from Moscow since 2021. Their seasonal-conflict name drives compositions that explore the tension between beauty and decay in autumn's annual drama.

Autumnia has delivered melodic doom and death metal from Kryvyi Rih since 2009. Over fifteen years from this major Ukrainian industrial city known as one of the world's longest cities, they have built a substantial body of melancholic compositions.

Avangard explores progressive and technical death metal from Irkutsk as of 2025. Their Russian spelling of 'avant-garde' drives technically ambitious compositions from the gateway city to Lake Baikal.

Avanguard delivers death metal from Manduria near Taranto in Puglia since 2023. From the ancient Messapian city famous for its Primitivo wine, they bring forward-looking aggression despite their conventional death metal approach.

Avara crafts melodic death metal from Seinäjoki in South Ostrobothnia since 2015. Their Finnish name meaning 'generous' or 'spacious' captures the wide-open quality of the Ostrobothnian plains that surround their hometown.

Avatar of Hate delivers symphonic death metal from an undisclosed Romanian location since 2019. Their name — a divine incarnation of hatred — drives orchestrally enhanced compositions of devastating intensity.

Avdagata crafts melodic black and death metal from Gothenburg since 2021. Their enigmatic name drives compositions from the city that defined melodic extreme metal.

Avenie merges death metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal from Tampere since 2019, creating a three-pronged approach that showcases the breadth of Finnish extreme metal. Their sound channels Tampere's reputation as one of Finland's most musically ambitious cities.