Askheimr creates melodic black and death metal from an undisclosed Norwegian location since 2019. Their Old Norse-styled name — suggesting a realm of ash — drives melodic compositions rooted in Norse cosmological imagery.

Askon is a black and death metal band from Bayreuth in Upper Franconia, Germany, whose release The End is Near blends the aggression of both genres. The band operates from the Wagnerian city in northern Bavaria, contributing to the region's extreme metal underground.

Asleep crafts melodic death metal from Zduńska Wola in central Poland since 2005. Two decades of activity from this Łódź Voivodeship textile town have produced a body of melodic extremity that belies their somnolent name.

Asma crafts death metal from the Basque Country, channeling the region's intense musical heritage into suffocating extremity since 2015. Their name, meaning "asthma," aptly describes the breathless intensity of their sonic assault.

Asmodee merges black and death metal from Nantes since 2004, named after the demon of lust from Hebrew mythology. Over two decades of infernal extremity have established them within the Loire-Atlantique's underground metal community.

Asmodeus Mantra conjures death metal from Budapest, where they formed in 2019 under a name invoking one of demonology's most fearsome princes. Their ritualistic approach to death metal sets them apart within the Hungarian capital's extreme music underground.

Athens' Asmodie merge death and doom metal into infernal compositions named after the demon Asmodeus, exploring themes of temptation and damnation. Since 2015, they've crafted a sound that moves between crushing doom weight and death metal ferocity.

Asperatus delivers technical death metal from Kraków since 2015. Named after the rare, turbulent cloud formation, their sound channels atmospheric turbulence through surgical-precision brutality from Poland's cultural capital.

Aspergillus Flavus has crafted death, doom, and gothic metal from Gdańsk since 1997, nearly three decades under a name borrowed from the toxic mold that produces aflatoxin. Their mycological identity drives compositions of slow-spreading, persistent toxicity from the Baltic coast.