Detroit groove metal and NWOTHM project. The name resonates differently in a city that knows something about being left behind.

Abandoned Souls is a thrash metal band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. The band plays aggressive, riff-driven thrash metal rooted in the Twin Cities underground.

Abaroth is an atmospheric black metal project from Worcester, Massachusetts. With releases spanning 2008's full-length "Enter the Kingdom of Night" to 2021's EP "Dosed," the project weaves expansive, immersive soundscapes within a black metal framework.

Abase is a raw black metal band from the Fullerton and Bakersfield areas of California. The band's output consists of an EP and two splits released in 2017-2018, delivering stripped-down, lo-fi black metal in its most primal form.

Augusta, Georgia death metal and deathcore project named after the StarCraft evolution master. Gaming mythology rendered in extreme metal from the Garden City.

Abattoir is a death and black metal project from Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2021, the band released a flurry of singles and an EP, laying down a foundation of dark, blackened death metal for the Indiana underground.

Abazagorath is a veteran black metal band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. One of the East Coast's longest-running black metal acts, the band has been active since the mid-1990s with a discography spanning three full-lengths and four EPs of unrelenting, orthodox black metal.

Marshalltown, Iowa death/doom project — distinct from the Rochester band of the same name. Midwestern isolation fueling heavy, despairing extremity.

Abdiel HL is a Mexico City-based solo heavy/power metal project in which the artist handles vocals and all instruments, creating Spanish-language metal that draws on Mexican themes. The project has released albums Novohispano and Mictlán, both available digitally through Bandcamp.