As the Sun Falls are a Finnish melodic death metal band whose music draws on the imagery and mythology of the Finnish north — the Soulbird, primordial creation legends, and the landscape of winter. Their upcoming album "Songs From The Veil" (Theogonia Records, May 2026) weaves blackened melodeath guitar work with folk elements including flutes, horns, and traditional vocals, following earlier releases such as "Kaamos" and "Pohjoisen Sydän."

As the World Dies merges death and progressive metal from Birmingham since 2022, their apocalyptic name reflecting the eschatological themes of their compositions. Their Second City origins connect them to the birthplace of heavy metal.

As the Worm Turns crafts melodic death metal from Gävle since 2019. Their decomposition-themed name drives compositions that explore transformation through decay from this northern Swedish port city.

As They Burn merges death metal, deathcore, and metalcore from Paris since 2022, creating a modern extreme sound from the French capital. Their incendiary name matches the intensity of their genre-crossing assault.

As They Rise delivers melodic death metal and metalcore from Nitra since 2018. Their ascension-themed name drives compositions of upward-moving aggression from this western Slovak cathedral city.

As4del crafts death and doom metal from Vinnytsia since 2007. Nearly two decades from this central Ukrainian city on the Southern Bug River, their alphanumeric name has guided a body of dual-genre heaviness.

Asarhadon creates death metal from Doruchów, a small village in Greater Poland, since 2015. Named after the Assyrian king who conquered Egypt, they bring ancient Near Eastern imperial power to death metal from rural Poland.

Asarmoth creates death metal from Vicenza since 2016, operating from the Veneto city of Palladian villas. Their demonic name drives music that strips away their hometown's architectural elegance to reveal the brutality beneath.

Asbestosis delivers brutal death metal from Manchester since 2025, named after the deadly lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. Their industrial-disease name feeds compositions as suffocating and lethal as the condition itself.