Axxis is a melodic heavy and power metal band from Dortmund, Germany, one of the veteran acts in the German power metal scene with a career stretching back to the late 1980s. The band has built an extensive catalog of anthemic, melodic power metal that has earned them a loyal following across Europe and beyond.

Axxon is a progressive heavy and power metal band from Aurich in East Frisia, Germany, formed in 2012, merging the structural complexity of progressive metal with power metal's melodic grandeur. The band brings ambitious, genre-crossing metal to one of Germany's northernmost and most remote regions.

Ayahuasca is a progressive death metal and deathcore band from Cologne, Germany, formed in 2013, named after the psychoactive Amazonian brew used in shamanic rituals. The band channels altered states and expansive consciousness into their blend of technical progressive death metal and deathcore aggression.

Aydra has delivered technical death metal from Ancona on the Adriatic coast of the Marche since 1996, making them one of Italy's longest-running technical death metal acts. Three decades of activity from this port city have produced a substantial body of technically demanding work.

Glasgow's Aye-aye craft slow-burning doom and stoner metal infused with Scottish character, building songs around massive fuzz-laden riffs and hypnotic grooves. Since 2014, they've been a fixture in Scotland's vibrant stoner-doom underground.

Ayenna plays power metal from an undisclosed Swedish location since 2017. Their ethereal-sounding name drives compositions of anthemic melody and heroic ambition.

Aygghon delivers heavy metal and thrash metal from the Gascon town of Auch starting in 2026, representing the absolute newest wave of metal from France's rural southwest. Their arrival brings fresh energy to the Gers department's nascent metal scene.

Ayn creates melodic death metal from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island since 2017. Named after the Hebrew letter, they bring melodic sophistication to extreme metal from Russia's most easterly island outpost.

Aynsophar has practiced death metal from Debrecen since 2010, taking their name from the Kabbalistic concept of the infinite divine light. This mystical underpinning informs a death metal approach that reaches beyond pure brutality into more contemplative extremity.