New York City death metal project. The name — evoking eternity — channels timeless brutality from Manhattan.

Vista, California death metal project. Extremity from the inland reaches of North San Diego County.

Afar is an atmospheric and post-black metal project from New Jersey. Across five releases between 2018 and 2022, including the full-lengths "Rational Ecstasy" and "tell me more," the project navigates the space between black metal's intensity and post-rock's emotional expansiveness with an introspective, melancholic voice.

Richmond, Virginia doom and gothic metal project. Dark beauty and crushing weight from the former capital of the Confederacy.

Central Islip, Long Island thrash metal project. Suburban suffering rendered as speed metal aggression.

Affliction is a heavy metal band from Chicago with an explosive output since 2024. With nine releases in under two years — spanning full-lengths, EPs, and genre-hopping titles like "Hardcore Shmardcore" and "Pop Rox" — the project throws everything at the wall with punk-like abandon and a refusal to be pinned down.

Afflictive Nature is a thrash metal and crossover band from San Antonio, Texas. In 2013, the band dropped two EPs and a split in rapid succession, delivering raw crossover thrash from the heart of South Texas.

Big Horn, Wyoming black metal project. Extremity from one of the least populated corners of the American West.

Afflitus is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from the Bronx, New York City. Their 2005 EP "Promises You Can't Keep" packs ten tracks into a single release, blending the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with the urgency of New York hardcore.