Among Rats are an old-school death metal and grindcore band from Ohlsdorf in Upper Austria, active since 2011 with releases including the self-titled EP, Intact World (2013), Game Over (2015), and A.R. (2016). Their sound is rooted in the blunt, short-format extremity of classic grindcore, and they continue to release new material as recently as 2024.

Amorphous delivers death metal and grindcore from Wrocław since 2015. Their shapeless name suits compositions that refuse fixed form, flowing between death metal's structured brutality and grindcore's chaotic bursts.

An-Al Gore merges grindcore with death and black metal from Brescia since 2013, their provocatively named project bringing chaotic extremity to the Lombard industrial city. Their multi-genre approach throws stylistic convention into the blender with gleeful abandon.

Anaal Nathrakh is one of the UK's most extreme and critically acclaimed bands, fusing black metal, grindcore, and industrial metal into a horrific concoction from Birmingham. Named after Merlin's Charm of Making in Excalibur, the duo of Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt have created eleven studio albums of unrelenting sonic violence that stands among the most intense music ever recorded.

A death metal and grindcore band from Komořany in the Czech Republic, Anaalia operate within the country's deep-rooted extreme underground scene. Their music channels the brutal, short-form aggression typical of Czech grindcore alongside heavier death metal structures.

Starting as a grindcore act in the Basque town of Azkoitia, Anakrosis evolved into a technically demanding brutal death metal force on releases like 2019's "Perpetual Nightmare," drawing comparisons to Hour of Penance and Cerebral Effusion. Their trajectory from raw grind to precision brutality traces the ambitions of a band constantly pushing their own limits.

Anal Aids delivers goregrind from Västervik in Småland since 2011. Their deliberately offensive name signals the confrontational extremity of their microsecond compositions from this eastern Swedish coastal town.

Anal Bleeding creates death metal and goregrind from Moscow since 2022. Their unflinchingly graphic name signals the visceral, body-horror extremity that defines their capital-city grindhouse aesthetic.

Anal Dismember delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Hampshire since 2010, their deliberately repulsive name embracing the genre's tradition of shock-value provocation. Over a decade of extreme music from the south coast speaks to sustained commitment.