Springfield, Virginia death metal and deathcore project. The Beltway's contribution to grinding extremity.

New Castle, Pennsylvania death metal and deathcore project. The redundantly revolting name doubles down on disgust from the western PA steel country.

Abyssalis is a technical death metal and deathcore band from Atlanta, Georgia. Their 2025 debut full-length "Adaptation" delivers eleven tracks of precisely executed brutality, blending technical death metal complexity with deathcore's crushing breakdowns.

Acidbrain is a death metal and deathcore band from Rockport, Massachusetts. The band merges brutal death metal's guttural intensity with the rhythmic breakdowns of deathcore.

Ackhrylon is a death metal and deathcore band from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The band brings extreme metal brutality to the desert Southwest.

Act of Mercy is a deathcore band from the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area of Minnesota. The band delivers crushing breakdowns and guttural vocals from the Twin Cities underground.

Adelaide is a deathcore band from Columbia, Tennessee. With three releases, the band brings punishing breakdowns and extreme vocals to the Middle Tennessee metal scene.

Adept is a death metal and deathcore band from Anderson, Indiana. The band brings extreme metal brutality to the Indiana underground.

Aenimus was a technical death metal and deathcore band from Santa Rosa, California, formed in 2010. They released their debut Transcend Reality in 2013 independently, followed by Dreamcatcher in 2019 on Nuclear Blast Records, which displayed a more progressive and melodic dimension alongside their technical death metal core. The band dissolved in 2024, having earned comparisons to Whitechapel and Veil of Maya during their run.