Aelvica is a prolific black and death metal project from Pinellas County, Florida. Since 2022, the project has released an extraordinary number of albums built around a sprawling fantasy narrative — the "Aelvican Saga" — weaving blackened death metal with lore-driven concept albums about lichdragons, corpsewyrms, and cursed realms.

Greenville, South Carolina black metal project adding to the Upstate's growing extreme metal presence.

San Diego death metal and progressive project named after the character from Dan Simmons' Hyperion saga. Sci-fi-influenced extremity from Southern California.

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.

Aeolian Winds is a funeral doom and classical music project from New York City. Bridging the worlds of extreme metal and composed classical music, the project has released material ranging from piano compositions to glacial funeral doom, including the EP "Upon a Dead Horizon" and pieces written for solo piano.

Aeon Bridge is a speed and thrash metal solo project from Cleveland, Ohio. Remarkably prolific with nine releases since 2021, the project channels classic speed metal energy through a modern lens, with the "Event Horizon" EP series and full-lengths like "Beyond Flesh" showcasing rapid-fire riffing and ambitious sci-fi thematics.

Aeon Nova is a progressive metal project from Austin, Texas, still in its early stages of development.

Ocala, Florida progressive metal project channeling epic ambition from Central Florida's horse country.

Waterloo, Iowa black metal project whose name evokes eternal winter from the agricultural heart of the Midwest.