Axolotl creates melodic death metal from Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr Valley since 2020. Named after the perpetually juvenile Mexican salamander, their choice of this regenerative amphibian as mascot suggests renewal through the destructive medium of death metal.

Axsaena channels death and thrash metal from Toplița in Harghita County since 2013. From this small Transylvanian mountain town surrounded by dense forests, they deliver over a decade of dual-genre aggression.

Ayahuasca is a progressive death metal and deathcore band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2013, named after the psychoactive Amazonian brew used in shamanic rituals. The band channels altered states and expansive consciousness into their blend of technical progressive death metal and deathcore aggression.

Aydra has delivered technical death metal from Ancona on the Adriatic coast of the Marche since 1996, making them one of Italy's longest-running technical death metal acts. Three decades of activity from this port city have produced a substantial body of technically demanding work.

Ayn creates melodic death metal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island since 2017. Named after the Hebrew letter, they bring melodic sophistication to extreme metal from Russia's most easterly island outpost.

Aynsophar has practiced death metal from Debrecen since 2010, taking their name from the Kabbalistic concept of the infinite divine light. This mystical underpinning informs a death metal approach that reaches beyond pure brutality into more contemplative extremity.

Aythya blends melodic death and black metal from Helsinki since 2017, named after the genus of diving ducks. Their ornithological name brings an unexpected natural-world reference to the dual-genre extreme metal they practice.

Aythya Fuligula delivers melodic death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2020. Named after the tufted duck species with perfect Latin binomial precision, they bring ornithological exactitude to their dual-genre compositions.

Azarath has established itself as one of Poland's premier death and black metal acts from Tczew in Pomerania, active since 2017 in their current phase. Featuring members connected to Behemoth and other major Polish extreme metal acts, they deliver punishing compositions of unholy intensity.