Assur is a one-man grindcore and death metal project from Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2004. The project has appeared on the Deathmetal.be sampler series, including the track "Morphogenetic Stomache Medley" on the Face Your Underground 6 compilation via Rotten to the Core Agency.

Astagaad creates blackened death metal from Gävle since 2022. Their invented name drives compositions of combined extremity from this northern Swedish port city.

Asterium has been fusing death and thrash metal from the medieval Catalan town of Castelló d'Empúries since 2011. Their dual-genre approach brings both technical ferocity and velocity to the Alt Empordà's metal scene.

Astora merges death and black metal from an undisclosed Slovenian location since 2020. Their Dark Souls-referencing name brings videogame mythology to dual-genre extremity from this small Alpine nation.

Manchester's Astral Church emerged in 2023 with a ferocious hybrid of death metal and grindcore, delivering short, savage bursts of blasting intensity and guttural carnage. Their sound is chaotic and uncompromising, channelling the city's rich tradition of extreme music.

Astral Emptiness explores atmospheric and technical deathcore from Rome since 2020. Their paradoxical name — cosmic void — drives compositions that pair the technical precision of deathcore with vast atmospheric spaces.

Astral Forest crafts melodic death and doom metal from Gdynia on the Baltic coast since 2020. Their name conjures a woodland among the stars — impossible, ethereal — and their Tri-City compositions reach for similar transcendence.

Astral Mantra crafts doom and death metal from Saint Petersburg since 2022. Their cosmic-chant name drives compositions of meditative heaviness from Russia's cultural capital.

Astral Paralysis creates progressive death metal from Siena since 2016, named after the phenomenon of sleep paralysis rendered in cosmic terms. From the Tuscan hill city of the Palio, they craft technically demanding compositions that explore states of suspended consciousness.