Based in Mohelnice, Archeonic were formed by two members of the dissolved technical death metal band Scenery, and debuted with the EP The 16th Dimension before releasing their first full-length Digital Pain in January 2022. The album's nine tracks blend groove, death, and thrash metal influences across roughly 40 minutes, channeling the band's roots in technical extreme metal.

Archeopessimism creates atmospheric black metal and ambient from Amsterdam since 2018. Their name — suggesting an ancient, deep-rooted pessimism — drives compositions that find despair in the deep past rather than the present moment.

An atmospheric sludge metal project from Kopřivnice, Archetyp is the work of multi-instrumentalist Pavel Keprt, who writes, composes, and records the bulk of the material. Their 2024 album Černé srdce (Black Heart) and the forthcoming Bardo — preceded by the single Poslední stanice — demonstrate a dark, slow-burning sound built on crushing riffs and Czech-language lyrics.

Archetype X attacks from Barcelona with a potent blend of melodic death metal, death metal, and metalcore influences, representing the modern extreme sound of Catalonia since 2019. Their crossover approach speaks to a generation raised on both classic Scandinavian melodeath and contemporary heaviness.

Archierophant channels atmospheric black metal with doom elements from London since 2020, their priestly-hierophant name evoking sacred mysteries revealed through extreme music. Their approach brings ritualistic weight to the English capital's underground.

Archipelagos channels black metal from Brittany since 2013, their maritime name evoking the scattered islands off the Breton coast. Their sound draws from the Celtic-Atlantic character of France's most culturally distinct region.

Architect of Pain merges thrash and heavy metal that has evolved toward death metal from Novi Sad since 2019. Their construction-of-suffering name drives compositions that build increasingly brutal structures.

Architect of Seth delivers technical death metal from the Norman city of Caen since 2013, their Egyptian-mythological name referencing the god of chaos and destruction. Their technically demanding approach brings precision engineering to death metal's most brutal dimensions.

Architects are a metalcore band from Brighton, England, formed in 2004 by twin brothers Tom and Dan Searle, who developed a progressive approach to the genre through technically demanding riffs and socially charged lyrics. Vocalist Sam Carter joined in 2007, and the band rose to mainstream prominence in the UK with albums including All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (2016) and Holy Hell (2018), the latter a response to the death of guitarist and primary songwriter Tom Searle from skin cancer. They have released eleven studio albums in total, with For Those That Wish to Exist (2021) debuting at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.