Avgrunden creates drone, doom metal, and ambient from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2011. Their definite-form Swedish name — 'the abyss' — drives fifteen years of glacial, bottomless heaviness.

Aviendha creates doom and stoner metal from Bergen since 2020, named after a character from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Their fantasy-literary identity drives heavy, riff-worshipping compositions from the fjord city.

Avsky explores progressive doom metal from Jakobsberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area since 2006. Their Swedish name meaning 'disgust' drives two decades of patient, elaborately constructed compositions from the western suburbs.

Awake in Sleep delivers doom and sludge metal from Nantes since 2011, their paradoxical name capturing the liminal state between consciousness and oblivion that their heavy music evokes. Over a decade of crushing compositions reflect deep roots in the Loire-Atlantique underground.

Glasgow's Aye-aye craft slow-burning doom and stoner metal infused with Scottish character, building songs around massive fuzz-laden riffs and hypnotic grooves. Since 2014, they've been a fixture in Scotland's vibrant stoner-doom underground.

Athens' Azarak emerged in 2023 with doom and stoner metal built on colossal riffs and intoxicating grooves. Their sound draws from the genre's psychedelic traditions while maintaining a crushing weight.

Azken Auzi delivers doom and sludge metal from the Mediterranean port of Toulon since 2021, their Basque-language name meaning "last judgment" adding cultural depth to their crushing sound. Their Provençal origins create an unusual backdrop for Basque-inflected heaviness.

Aztakea crafts sludge and doom metal from Karlstad in Värmland since 2018. Their Mesoamerican-sounding name adds ancient civilizational weight to heavy, slow-moving compositions from this western Swedish lakeside city.

England's Aztec Winter create cavernous doom and drone metal that unfolds at glacial pace, enveloping the listener in dense layers of distortion and feedback. Since 2018, the project has explored the most minimal and meditative extremes of the doom spectrum.