Aeonyzhar are an epic black metal band from Hanover, Germany, active since 2008, who fuse brutal riffs and blast beats with monumental orchestral and choral passages. Their approach reinterprets the atmosphere of nineties symphonic black metal through a modern lens, with releases like The Profane Era and Liberation showcasing their ambition to merge extremity with orchestral grandeur.

Aequiternus creates doom and death metal from Yekaterinburg since 2008. Their Latin name meaning 'equally eternal' drives nearly two decades of patient, crushing compositions from the Ural Mountains' largest city.

Aerecuga creates melodic death and doom metal from Zwolle in Overijssel since 2020. Their enigmatic name drives compositions that pair the melodic elegance of Scandinavian death metal with the ponderous weight of doom from the Hanseatic city.

A one-man melodic death metal project founded in early 2011 by guitarist and composer Karim Kerdoudi, drawing inspiration from Scandinavian melodic death metal. The project has released two full-lengths, Sweet Moment in Fifth Season (2013) and Alta alatis patent (2014), both self-produced and available through Bandcamp.

Death metal band from Locarno, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, Switzerland, who reformed in autumn 2021 after roughly three decades of inactivity. Their releases—including "Sworn to the Grave," "Rehearsal Flatulences," and "Invoking the Filth"—foreground horror-oriented, splatter-themed lyrics in the tradition of old-school gore death metal.

Thessaloniki's Aesemnia are a fresh entry into the Greek extreme metal scene, launching in 2026 with a potent fusion of black and death metal. Their emergence reflects the continued vitality of Thessaloniki as a breeding ground for ambitious extreme metal.

Aesmóðir creates death metal and powerviolence from Gävle in Gästrikland since 2021. Their Old Norse-styled name adds Viking-era linguistic identity to a fierce genre combination from this northern Swedish port city.

Aesthetics of a Loss crafts melodic death metal from Malmö since 2018. Their art-of-grief name drives compositions that find beauty in devastation from Sweden's southernmost major city.

Aeterea explores progressive melodic death metal from Stein in southern Limburg since 2013. From this small town near the Belgian and German borders, they craft technically ambitious compositions with over a decade of refinement.