A New Dawn blends melodic death, gothic, and heavy metal from Rotterdam since 2012, their optimistic name promising renewal through the interplay of multiple metal styles. Over a decade in the Netherlands' second city, they have crafted a distinctively Dutch brand of melodic metal.

A deathcore band from Herford in North Rhine-Westphalia, A Plumbers Nightmare were founded in 2007 and built a festival presence over their active years. Their releases include the Demo(n) tape (2008), the Bloodwinger EP (2010), and the Medea EP (2012), delivering the genre's signature low-tuned brutality with a six-piece lineup.

A Secret Ending crafts symphonic and melodic death metal from an undisclosed Lithuanian location since 2020. Their narrative name suggests hidden resolutions revealed through the dramatic interplay of orchestral arrangements and extreme metal aggression.

A Shed for the Dead creates melodic death metal from Haugesund on Norway's western coast since 2022. Their morbid-architectural name evokes a mortuary structure, which their Rogaland-born melodic extremity furnishes with Swedish-influenced guitar harmonies.

A Tale of Lacriel creates symphonic and melodic death metal from Moscow since 2022. Their fantasy-narrative name drives orchestrally enriched compositions that tell elaborate tales through the combined vocabulary of symphonic and extreme metal.

A.N.A.E.L. fuses black metal, death metal, industrial metal, and melodic death metal from the southern French port of Toulon since 2021. Their four-genre fusion creates an unusually broad and ambitious sound from the Provençal underground.

Abandon Agony creates melodic death metal from Trollhättan since 2024. From this Västergötland waterfall city, they deliver freshly forged Swedish melodic death metal that draws from the region's storied tradition.

A DIY deathcore project from Dortmund, Germany, Abascaban blend old-school deathcore elements with modern death metal and grindcore influences. Their self-produced catalog includes the releases In Bardo, Where All Paths End, and A Fleeting Memory, each reflecting a raw, uncompromising independence.

Abdication delivers melodic death metal from Moscow since 2013. Their name — the act of renouncing a throne — drives over a decade of melodic extremity that rejects comfort for aggressive sovereignty.