Assignment is a band from Gutersloh, Germany, active since 2005, whose sound evolved from early death and thrash metal roots into a progressive power metal direction. This stylistic transformation reflects an ambitious musical trajectory that expanded the band's scope from raw aggression into more complex and melodic territory.

Astarot plays heavy and thrash metal from Rzeszów since 2011. Named after the demon Astaroth, they channel infernal energy through the classic dual format of heavy and thrash metal from the Subcarpathian capital.

Thessaloniki's Astenia channel exhaustion and depletion (their name is Greek for 'weakness') into furious thrash metal that contradicts their moniker with relentless energy. Active since 2012, they've been a persistent force in the northern Greek thrash scene.

Asterium has been fusing death and thrash metal from the medieval Catalan town of Castelló d'Empúries since 2011. Their dual-genre approach brings both technical ferocity and velocity to the Alt Empordà's metal scene.

Thessaloniki's Astrarot deliver a volatile cocktail of death metal, thrash, and metalcore, shifting between technical precision and pit-ready aggression. Since 2015, they've been a high-energy presence in the northern Greek metal scene.

Astray is a melodic thrash metal and metalcore band from Bergen auf Rugen, the island town on the Baltic Sea in Germany, formed in 2017. The band fuses thrash metal's speed and technical precision with metalcore's breakdown-driven intensity from one of Germany's most uniquely situated metal communities.

At the Front is a groove/thrash metal band from Wevelgem, West Flanders, originally formed in 1993 before going on hiatus and reforming in 2014. They play a hard-hitting mix of thrash and groove metal rooted in the Belgian working-class metal tradition of the West Flanders region.

Liverpool groove-thrash newcomers Atanamir burst onto the scene in 2024 with riff-driven metal that balances Pantera-style groove with precision thrash attack. Their Tolkien-inspired name hints at epic ambitions beneath the pit-ready aggression.

Atanatos is a black and thrash metal band from Jena, Germany, active since 1997, whose sound evolved from pure black metal into a more thrash-influenced direction over nearly three decades of activity. As one of Thuringia's longest-running extreme metal acts, the band has witnessed the genre's evolution firsthand from the late nineties onward.