Ascian is a death and doom metal band split between Brunswick and Wurzburg, Germany, formed in 2018, blending doom, black, and post-metal into what they describe as leaden vibes that are hopeless and gloomy yet filled with melancholy. Their 2024 album Sing to Me Sweet Void spans over an hour across seven tracks, released in limited editions of one hundred vinyl copies and fifty cassettes, following the 2020 debut Elysion.

Asgaroth conjures the intersection of black metal's blast-beat fury and doom metal's glacial weight from Barcelona since 2011. Named for a demon prince, their sound explores the vast spectrum between extremes of speed and slowness.

Ashes and Bereavement has evolved from ambient and new age into atmospheric doom metal from Moscow since 2019. Their grief-laden name guides an artistic transformation that has moved from peaceful soundscapes into crushing heaviness.

Ashes of Life creates gothic and doom metal from Lisbon since 2020. Their existential name — what remains after life burns away — drives compositions of darkly romantic heaviness from the Portuguese capital.

Ashes of Nothing crafts death, doom, and post-metal from an undisclosed Slovenian location since 2009. Their nihilistic-remnant name drives nearly two decades of compositions that explore what remains after everything is consumed.

Ashtar are a Basel duo formed in 2012 by Marko and Nadine Lehtinen, both veterans of the Swiss doom acts Phased and shEver, crafting a haunting hybrid of black metal, sludge, and doom built on down-tuned riffs, heavy bass, and layered, dissonant melodies. Signed to Northern Fog Records, they have released four albums — "Ilmasaari" (2015), "Kaikuja" (2020), "Wandering Through Time" (2023), and "The Return of the Frozen Souls" (2024).

Asidie creates melodic doom and gothic metal from Parma since 2018. Their contemplative approach pairs the sorrowful weight of doom with gothic metal's dark elegance, crafted in the shadow of Parma's Romanesque cathedral.

Asken av Verden creates depressive black metal, dark ambient, and industrial from Catalonia since 2016. Their Norwegian-language name meaning 'ashes of the world' brings Scandinavian bleakness to the Mediterranean context of northeastern Spain.

Asketic are a Swiss death/doom duo — guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Morten C. Hack alongside vocalist Remo McTegam — whose releases on Bandcamp include the concept albums "Spinalonga" (2021), named for the Cretan leper colony, "Toxicity" (2022), "Gruinard" (2024), and "Ruination" (2024). Their sound is recorded at Hedgehog Studio, mixing sepulchral vocals with slow, textured riffing under the band's self-described banner of "death doom darkness."