Velika Gorica's Avicularia were Croatian avant-garde death metal innovators who fused the dissonance of Immolation with jagged, technical compositions on their acclaimed debut 'Born to Be Vile.' Active from 2003 to 2017, they stood out in the Croatian metal scene for their willingness to push extreme metal into unconventional territory.

Avidya Yax explores progressive metal from Cantabria since 2022, bringing a meditative dimension suggested by their Sanskrit-influenced name. Their approach infuses the genre's technical complexity with philosophical depth.

Aviendha creates doom and stoner metal from Bergen since 2020, named after a character from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Their fantasy-literary identity drives heavy, riff-worshipping compositions from the fjord city.

Avion is a melodic death metal band from Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, formed in 2018, combining Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal's harmonic guitar work with the genre's aggressive foundation. The band operates from the spa town in the Nahe valley.

Avistortion is a symphonic metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2024, blending the grandeur of symphonic elements with alternative metal intensity and featuring three vocalists including award-winning American opera singer Stephanie DePrez alongside Sascha Herrmann and Joel Steve-Dawe. Guitarist and songwriter Soheil Bonakdarzadeh leads the project's compositions, which merge operatic vocal styles with heavy metal across tracks like Stranger No More and Selig.

Avlid channels atmospheric black metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2020. Their Swedish name meaning 'deceased' or 'passed away' drives compositions of ghostly atmospheric beauty.

Avlivad creates death metal from Gothenburg since 2017. Their Swedish name meaning 'euthanized' drives compositions of clinical termination from the city that gave birth to melodic death metal.

Avoid the Light crafts post-black metal from Mantua in Lombardy since 2015. Their photophobic name suggests a retreat from illumination into the atmospheric shadows of post-black metal, appropriate from the city of Virgil.

Avoidance channels melodic death metal from an undisclosed Hungarian location, having formed in 2022. Their name suggests withdrawal, but their Scandinavian-influenced guitar harmonies and aggressive vocals are anything but retreating.