Axel Rudi Pell is a veteran German heavy metal and hard rock guitarist from Bochum, whose career spans over three decades and twenty-three studio albums including Into the Storm, Risen Symbol, and the 2026 release Ghost Town recorded at Blind Guardian Studios. His long-standing lineup features vocalist Johnny Gioeli, drummer Bobby Rondinelli, bassist Volker Krawczak, and keyboardist Ferdy Doernberg, with the latest album including a collaboration with Udo Dirkschneider.

Axenstar has delivered power metal from Västerås since 2002. Over two decades from this Västmanland industrial city, they have become one of Sweden's most consistent power metal acts.

Axetasy is a power and speed metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2021, channeling the high-velocity riffing and soaring melodies that define the power and speed metal traditions. The band brings a fresh take on the genre's most exhilarating qualities to the Baden-Wurttemberg scene.

Axon is a melodic heavy and power metal band from Speyer in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2017, blending soaring melodies with the driving energy of power metal. The band operates from the historic cathedral city on the Rhine.

Axxis is a melodic heavy and power metal band from Dortmund, Germany, one of the veteran acts in the German power metal scene with a career stretching back to the late 1980s. The band has built an extensive catalog of anthemic, melodic power metal that has earned them a loyal following across Europe and beyond.

Axxon is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2012, merging the structural complexity of progressive metal with power metal's melodic grandeur. The band brings ambitious, genre-crossing metal to one of Germany's northernmost and most remote regions.

Ayenna plays power metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Their ethereal-sounding name drives compositions of anthemic melody and heroic ambition.

Azimuth plays heavy and power metal from East Siberia since 2017. Their navigational name drives directional compositions of classic metal from one of Russia's most remote regions.

German heavy/power metal band from Bamberg, formed in 2024. They bring a fresh take on the classic German heavy and power metal tradition that the country is renowned for.