A.D. 4 is a traditional heavy metal band from Staten Island, New York. Their 2025 debut full-length "Year Of The Dragon" delivers eight tracks of classic heavy metal with no-frills, fist-raising energy.

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

Aberrated is a progressive thrash and death metal band from Long Island, New York. Though their released output consists of two singles, the band's technical approach to thrash and death metal marks them as part of Long Island's vibrant extreme metal scene.

Dix Hills, Long Island death metal project. Pure disgust distilled into heavy music from the New York suburbs.

Abyzou is a death metal project originally from Phoenix, Arizona, now based in New York. Remarkably prolific in 2022-2023, the project released over a dozen EPs, singles, and splits exploring varied corners of death metal, from synthesized renditions to nautical-themed concept pieces.

Abyzouth is a blackened death metal band from New York City. Their 2021 EP "Wrathbringer" delivers five tracks of venomous blackened death metal from the concrete underground.

Accelerator is a thrash metal band from West Babylon, New York. Their 2010 demo captures the raw, unpolished energy of Long Island's thrash metal underground.

Garden City, Long Island melodic death metal project. The biological term for a needle-like structure fits the precision of their Scandinavian-influenced approach.

Acid Crypt is a doom metal band from Queens, New York City. Their sound draws from the crushing, riff-heavy tradition of doom, filtered through the grit of the NYC underground.