Anathorn forges epic heavy and speed metal from Trnavá Hora in the Banská Bystrica district since 2018. Their thorny name drives compositions of prickly metallic heroism from rural central Slovakia.

Angel Dust is a German heavy metal band formed in Dortmund in 1984, releasing their debut Into the Dark Past in 1986 during the height of the German speed and thrash metal movement. After disbanding in 1990, the band reformed in 1998 with a new vocalist and a significantly more melodic power metal orientation, signing to Century Media Records and releasing acclaimed albums including Border of Reality (1998), Bleed (1999), and Enlighten the Darkness (2000). They are one of the more notable examples of a German thrash act successfully reinventing themselves as a power metal band.

Angel Tyrs is a heavy and speed metal band from the Wornitzhofen and Ehingen area of Germany, formed in 2024, blending the driving tempo of speed metal with traditional heavy metal's melodic punch. As a newly formed act, the band carries forward the torch of German speed metal that has produced some of the genre's most revered acts.

Apoplex is a speed and thrash metal band from Boblingen near Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2014, delivering the fast, riff-driven intensity that has defined German thrash since the 1980s. The band carries the genre's legacy from the Baden-Wurttemberg region.

Arcana has been delivering speed and thrash metal from Cambridge since 1996, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in eastern England. Three decades of high-velocity metal from the university city speak to extraordinary dedication.

Arcane Pledge merges speed and thrash metal from Venice since 2017, their oath-like name suggesting a pact sworn to high-velocity riffing. From the floating city, they deliver terrestrial metal of relentless aggression.

Arcaneblaze channels speed, thrash, and black metal from Izhevsk in Udmurtia since 2020. Their fire-magic name drives high-velocity compositions that merge three aggressive styles from this Ural Republic arms-manufacturing center.

Arched Fire brings speed and heavy metal from the remote Lapland town of Kemijärvi since 2024, channeling the aurora borealis into blazing riffs. Their Arctic origins make them one of Finland's most geographically extreme metal acts.

Madrid's Ariete rams through with speed and heavy metal that lives up to their battering-ram name, combining velocity with crushing impact since 2015. Their dual-genre assault represents the aggressive edge of the Spanish capital's NWOTHM movement.