Asylum Creation delivers brutal death metal from the small Ain village of Culoz since 2012, proving that devastating extremity can emerge from France's most pastoral settings. Over a decade of brutality from the Rhône corridor speaks to sustained commitment.

Asylum Pyre has explored progressive and power metal from Paris since 2009, building a strong reputation through several albums of technically ambitious, dynamically varied compositions. Their theatrical name suits the dramatic flair they bring to the French progressive metal landscape.

Asynja channels gothic, folk, and Viking metal from Stockholm since 2018. Named after the Norse female deities — the Asynjur — they bring divine feminine power to their tri-genre compositions from the Swedish capital.

Aszendent channels black metal from Bremen since 2014, their Germanic astrological term for 'ascendant' guiding a decade of activity from the Hanseatic city. Their celestial orientation informs a black metal approach rooted in cosmic and esoteric themes.

At F1rst channels melodic heavy, groove metal, and metalcore from Saint Petersburg since 2016. Their numerically augmented name — 'at first' with a formula-one flair — drives a decade of genre-blending from the northern capital.

At Night I Fly has explored progressive metal's expansive sonic territory from Budapest since 2012. Their evocative name suggests nocturnal transcendence, which their ambitious compositions seek to capture through complex arrangements and dynamic shifts.

At Nightfall is a black metal project from Kloster Lehnin in Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2024, whose prolific output includes tracks with evocative titles like The End of All Time, Embraced and Lost by the Darkness, and The Solemn Procession to the Burial of All Life. The project channels the isolation and dark atmosphere of rural Brandenburg into a melancholic, death-obsessed black metal sound.

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.

At the Gates has been one of the most influential bands in the history of melodic death metal, pioneering the Gothenburg sound from their formation. Their 1995 album 'Slaughter of the Soul' remains a genre-defining masterpiece, and their continued activity demonstrates their enduring creative vitality.