A Berlin-based power/death metal band active from 2010 to 2015, A Pocket Sized Sun took their name from a Tiamat song and applied it to music that deliberately avoided conventional song structures in favor of melodic development and variation. Their sole release, the Fallout EP, mixed melodic death metal riffing with power metal sensibility and was mixed and mastered at Winter Solitude Studios.

A Prison Called Earth channels progressive metal from Nantes since 2010, using their existential name as a launching point for compositions that explore humanity's confinement. Their French perspective brings Gallic sophistication to the genre's technical ambitions.

A Refraction creates atmospheric black metal and ambient from Tiraspol in the breakaway region of Transnistria, Moldova, since 2020. Their physics-derived name — the bending of light — captures the distorted, otherworldly quality of their compositions from one of Europe's most geopolitically unusual locations.

A deathcore outfit from Mühldorf am Inn, Germany, formed in 2023, A Rising Chapter blend brutal heaviness with catchy, partly harmonious melodies to carve out a distinct identity within the genre. Their releases include the Forlorn Hope EP and the full-length I N A N I M A T E, showcasing a band intent on standing out through dynamic songwriting rather than pure aggression.

Hailing from Witten, Germany, A Sable Opiate deliver aggressive yet melodic black metal with a modern edge. Their 2016 debut A Passage to the Yews is a concise six-track offering released on digipack CD, featuring artwork by Max Neumann and a sound praised for its fresh take on the genre's conventions.

A Secret Ending crafts symphonic and melodic death metal from an undisclosed Lithuanian location since 2020. Their narrative name suggests hidden resolutions revealed through the dramatic interplay of orchestral arrangements and extreme metal aggression.

A Serious Day has delivered metalcore from Fano on the Adriatic coast of Pesaro and Urbino since 2015. Their straightforward name belies the intensity they bring from this small Marche seaside town to Italy's hardcore-influenced metal circuit.

A Shed for the Dead creates melodic death metal from Haugesund on Norway's western coast since 2022. Their morbid-architectural name evokes a mortuary structure, which their Rogaland-born melodic extremity furnishes with Swedish-influenced guitar harmonies.

A doom metal project from Lilienthal, Germany, A Sickness unto Death channel heavy, despondent atmosphere across multiple releases including Poles, Beyond, The Great Escape, and Despair. The project takes its name from Kierkegaard's philosophical work, fitting the existential weight carried by their slow-burning compositions.