Akhenaten is a black/death metal band from Manitou Springs, Colorado that incorporates Middle Eastern folk music into their extreme metal foundation. Named after the heretic Egyptian pharaoh, the band's two full-lengths — "Incantations Through The Gates of Irkalla" and "The Emerald Tablets of Thoth" — draw from ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mysticism, creating a genuinely unique fusion of cultures and sounds.

Colorado black metal project. Named after the Greek personification of misery and sadness, delivering some of the most acclaimed atmospheric black metal in America.

New York City power metal and speed metal project. The predatory name promises hunting music from Manhattan.

Tuba City, Arizona black/thrash metal project from the Navajo Nation. One of the few metal acts from indigenous reservation land.

Akloleh is a black/death metal band from Juneau, Alaska. With three releases in 2023-2024, the band brings extreme metal to one of the most isolated state capitals in America, surrounded by glaciers, rainforest, and the Tongass.

Akolouthos is a black metal project from California. Their two 2022 EPs — "Descent into the Withering Forest" and "Last Ride of the Dishonored Guard" — evoke fantasy narratives through raw black metal.

Akrasia is a black metal band from Salem, Massachusetts — a city whose witchcraft history makes it a fitting home for extreme metal. With eleven releases spanning 2011 to 2026, the project has been a prolific and enduring presence in the New England black metal underground.

Chicago progressive metal project. Experimental heaviness from the Windy City's boundary-pushing underground.

Long Island, New York thrash metal project. Suburban aggression from the land of strip malls and speed metal.