Akashah is a black metal band from Washington, Illinois. With three releases between 2013 and 2017, the project channels Celtic and pagan themes — evident in the Irish-language album title "Eagna an Marbh" (Wisdom of the Dead) — through raw black metal.

Akashic Haze is a stoner/doom metal band from Circleville, Ohio. Their 2022 EP "Hashteroid" — a portmanteau that tells you everything you need to know — delivers four tracks of hazy, riff-driven stoner doom.

Akatharsia is a black metal band from Oakland, California. Named after the Greek word for 'impurity,' the band released a 2014 demo and 2017 full-length "No Generation Without Corruption," contributing to the East Bay's rich tradition of ideologically charged black metal.

Florida death metal and funeral doom project. The Greek word for 'unclean' channels impurity through the Sunshine State's slowest, heaviest sounds.

Black metal project of unknown origin named after the neurological condition of restless agitation. Uncomfortable extremity.

Akeldama is a death metal band from Richmond, Virginia. Named after the 'Field of Blood' from biblical tradition, the band has released three recordings between 2011 and 2014, with their full-length "Everything Beautiful" offering a counterpoint to their violent musical approach.

Akem Manah is a doom/death metal band that started in Seattle before relocating to Eugene, Oregon. Named after a Zoroastrian demon of evil intent, the band's 2024 remastered full-length "The Testament of Sealant Mound" delivers crushing doom-death steeped in ancient mythological themes.

Akephalos is a brutal death metal band from Owensboro, Kentucky. Named after the 'headless one' of Greek magical tradition, their 2017 demo "Headless Demon Angel" delivers ten tracks of pummeling brutality from an unexpected corner of the American South.

Akeron is a heavy metal band from Washington state. Their 2017 EP "Enfants de la lune" (Children of the Moon) hints at French-language influences within a traditional heavy metal framework.