After Death is a staggeringly prolific death metal project from Tampa, Florida. With fifteen releases in just three years (2022-2024), the project channels the city's legendary death metal legacy into a ceaseless torrent of material spanning multiple languages and thematic concepts, from Italian horror ("Quel Cimitero Accanto Alla Villa") to abstract self-destruction ("SELF//WOUND").

After This Day is a death metal band from Denver, Colorado. Their 2023 full-length "Smoke Fire Mayhem" delivers eight tracks of aggressive death metal from the Mile High City.

Afterbirth is a progressive brutal death metal band from Long Island, New York. Active since the early 2010s, the band has built a cult following with releases like "Brutal Inception" and the 2023 full-length "In But Not Of," pushing brutal death metal into genuinely progressive territory with complex structures and unpredictable songwriting.

Afterlife is a technical death metal band from Mishawaka, Indiana. With six EPs released in rapid succession across 2021-2022, the project maintains a prolific output of technically demanding death metal.

Against All is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Tampa, Florida. Their 2020 full-length "2017-2019" compiles the band's formative years into a single release of crossover aggression.

Chicago black/death metal project. Pestilence-fighting extremity from the Windy City.

Agarwaen is a black metal project named after the Sindarin word meaning 'bloodstained' from Tolkien's legendarium. Their 2019 debut "Dottore I" delivers eight tracks of Tolkien-inspired black metal.

Age of Darkness is a black and death metal band from Calexico, California, just miles from the Mexican border. Their 2022 full-length "As Essence Left Your Soul" and EP "Mental Crisis" bring extreme metal to one of the most remote stretches of the US-Mexico borderlands.

Age of Rage is a death metal project from Marion, Ohio. With five releases including the sprawling forty-track "SKALD Covers" and the eighteen-track "INSIDEME," the project favors quantity and ambition over restraint.

Age of Ruin is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Washington state. Active since at least 2003 with their EP "The Longest Winter's Woes," the band returned over two decades later with the 2025 full-length "Nothingman," proving remarkable longevity.

Kunkletown, Pennsylvania death metal project. Time's ravages channeled through extremity from the Pocono foothills.

Ageless is a death and black metal band from Davenport, Iowa. With seven releases between 2013 and 2018 — including EPs and splits — the band was a consistent presence in the Quad Cities extreme metal scene.

Boston death metal project. Forgotten millennia rendered in New England extremity.

Aghast is a death metal band from New York City. With five releases in 2020 alone — including remastered versions of earlier material — the project delivered a concentrated burst of death metal output.

Agnosia is a death metal band from La Grange, Illinois. With four releases between 2019 and 2023, including the full-length "Outo Laakso" (Finnish for 'strange valley'), the band brings a European-influenced approach to Chicagoland death metal.