Averblack is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Troisdorf near Bonn, Germany, formed in 2016, whose releases include Torn Between Two Hells, The Downfall Show, and Gaslighting Asylum. The band's thematically dark album titles reflect a sound that balances melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with metalcore's aggressive edge.

Avion is a melodic death metal band from Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2018, combining Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal's harmonic guitar work with the genre's aggressive foundation. The band operates from the spa town in the Nahe valley.

Avoidance channels melodic death metal from an undisclosed Hungarian location, having formed in 2022. Their name suggests withdrawal, but their Scandinavian-influenced guitar harmonies and aggressive vocals are anything but retreating.

AVSR channels progressive melodic death metal from Jyväskylä in central Finland since 2024. Their abbreviated identity from this lakeland university city keeps the focus on their technically ambitious compositions.

Awakeness creates melodic death metal from Jelenia Góra in the Karkonosze Mountains since 2022. From this Silesian mountain spa town, they craft melodic extremity beneath the Giant Mountains' peaks.

Awakening Sun merges melodic death, thrash, and groove metal with metalcore from Vilnius since 2011. Their dawn-focused name drives over a decade of aggressive yet melodic compositions that span four overlapping subgenres.

Axamenta is a progressive melodic black/death metal band from Zwijndrecht, Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 1993 with a catalog built around ambitious concept work. Their 2006 album "Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture" on Shiver Records and their 2024 EP "Spires" both explore a shared cinematic universe through complex, orchestrated compositions featuring prominent vocal harmonies and a self-described "organic horror atmosphere."

Axolotl creates melodic death metal from Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr Valley since 2020. Named after the perpetually juvenile Mexican salamander, their choice of this regenerative amphibian as mascot suggests renewal through the destructive medium of death metal.

Ayn creates melodic death metal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island since 2017. Named after the Hebrew letter, they bring melodic sophistication to extreme metal from Russia's most easterly island outpost.