Antizen plays groove and death metal from Prague since 2016, their name suggesting opposition to conventional citizenship. From the Czech capital, they deliver rhythmically aggressive compositions built on heavy grooves and guttural vocals.

Aoidos channels groove and black metal from Coimbra since 2020. Named after the oral poets of ancient Greece, they bring bardic tradition to an unlikely genre combination from Portugal's student city.

Aphellium creates melodic groove metal and metalcore from Warsaw since 2018. Their astronomical name — referencing the point farthest from the sun — drives compositions that explore the distance between melody and aggression.

Aphid delivers melodic groove metal from Tralee in County Kerry, one of Ireland's westernmost towns and an unlikely hotbed for metal since their 2007 formation. Their insectile name belies the muscular, hook-laden heaviness they bring from the rural southwest.

Aphrenety has evolved from thrash, death, and groove metal into a black and death metal combination from Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen city, since 2021. Their name, suggesting a frenetic loss of reason, drives their Lower Saxony-bred extremity through multiple stylistic phases.

Groove-infused death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, whose albums include "Black Depth Domain" (2015), "Супраць Сонца / Against the Sun" (2017), and "type: HUMAN – status: INCOMPATIBLE." The band merges chunky down-tuned riffing and death metal intensity with the rhythmic drive characteristic of groove metal.

Apomorph delivers groove and thrash metal from Krasnoyarsk since 2016. Named after the emetic drug apomorphine, their Yenisei River city compositions induce rhythmic nausea through heavy grooves and thrash velocity.

Apost channels thrash and groove metal with hardcore from the Cieszanów and Lubaczów area in the Subcarpathian region since 2023. From this rural borderland near Ukraine, they deliver high-energy metal with DIY hardcore spirit.

April Weeps creates melodic groove and gothic metal from Dunajská Streda in the Žitný ostrov since 2013. From this Hungarian-majority town in Slovakia's Danube island region, they bring over a decade of tearful melodic compositions.