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.

Afterglo is a heavy metal band from San Antonio, Texas. Their 2016 full-length "The Afterglows" delivers twelve tracks of classic heavy metal from the Alamo City.

Afterimage is a death metal and metalcore band from Barrington, Illinois. Across two full-lengths — "Lumière" (2015) and "EVE" (2018) — and an EP, the band has evolved from metalcore roots into more death-metal-influenced territory, with French-titled albums hinting at artistic ambitions beyond the genre norm.

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.

Afterlight is a black metal project from the Cleveland, Canton, and Brewster area of Ohio. Their 2026 EP "Eternal Path" delivers six tracks of black metal from the northeastern Ohio underground.

Afterlyfe is a death/thrash metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Their 2024 debut "AfterLyfe Volume 1" delivers eleven tracks of aggressive death-thrash, with the "Volume 1" title suggesting this is only the beginning.

Hailing from St. Clair Shores, Michigan, Aftermass is a thrash metal band. The band has released their single "Untitled."

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Aftermath plays thrash metal. The band has released their single "Untitled." Their sound emphasizes technical precision and compositional complexity.