Aersion is a thrash and death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Their 2013 full-length "Cronos" channels twelve tracks of aggressive thrash-death in a city synonymous with death metal history.

Indiana/New York black metal and doom project named after the green patina of corroded copper. Oxidized heaviness spanning two states.

Kentucky sludge metal project named after the Zoroastrian demon of fury. Ancient Persian rage channeled through Bluegrass heaviness.

Aesir is a remarkably prolific thrash metal solo project from Croton Falls, New York. With nine releases across just three years (2023-2025), including three full-lengths and six EPs, the project maintains a relentless output of riff-driven thrash spanning conceptual territory from sci-fi to existential themes.

Aesma Daeva is a symphonic metal and darkwave band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their 2006 album "Dawn of the New Athens" blends operatic vocals, orchestral arrangements, and darkwave atmospherics into a distinctive take on symphonic metal.

Aesthesia is a heavy and power metal project from Mansfield, Ohio. With two full-lengths and three EPs released between 2019 and 2021, the project draws from nature-themed concepts — rainforests, cloud forests, jungles — creating an unusual thematic niche within power metal.

Aesthetics of Creation is a melodic death metal project from Virginia. Their 2016 instrumental full-length "A Foreseen Demise" delivers melodic death metal stripped of vocals, letting the guitar work and arrangements speak for themselves across eleven tracks.

Los Angeles groove metal and progressive project. The Latin name — meaning 'heat' or 'tide' — channels LA's dual nature of sunshine and ocean.

Bakersfield, California death metal project. Eternal death from the Central Valley's oil country.