Age of Fire is a heavy and thrash metal band that started in South Florida before relocating to Charlottesville, Virginia. With six releases spanning 2019 to 2025 — including a 30th anniversary reissue — the band is a veteran act that has persisted through decades and geography changes.

Age of Nephilim is a symphonic black metal band from Spokane, Washington. Their 2015 full-length "Cataclysm in the Land of the Watchers" draws from biblical Nephilim mythology, layering orchestral arrangements over black metal across ten tracks.

Age of Rage is a death metal project from Marion, Ohio. With five releases including the sprawling forty-track "SKALD Covers" and the eighteen-track "INSIDEME," the project favors quantity and ambition over restraint.

Age of Ruin is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Washington state. Active since at least 2003 with their EP "The Longest Winter's Woes," the band returned over two decades later with the 2025 full-length "Nothingman," proving remarkable longevity.

Rochester, New York power metal project. Epic metal emerging from the twilight of Western New York.

Kunkletown, Pennsylvania death metal project. Time's ravages channeled through extremity from the Pocono foothills.

Ageless is a death and black metal band from Davenport, Iowa. With seven releases between 2013 and 2018 — including EPs and splits — the band was a consistent presence in the Quad Cities extreme metal scene.

Minneapolis NWOTHM and power metal project. Immortal combat rendered in classic metal from the Twin Cities.

Agenbite Misery is an experimental black/sludge metal project from New Hampshire. Named after a Middle English phrase meaning 'remorse of conscience,' the project's 2026 full-length "Remorse of Conscience" makes that translation explicit across eight tracks of abrasive, genre-blurring extremity.