Acephalix is a death metal and crust band from San Francisco, California. Formed in the late 2000s, the band carved out a niche at the intersection of death metal and crust punk, evolving from their raw early demos into the polished devastation of 2017's "Decreation" across five releases.

Achaemenid is a raw black metal project from California. Named after the ancient Persian dynasty, the project channels historical mysticism through a lens of raw, unpolished black metal.

Achlyphos is a black metal project from Santa Rosa, California. Their 2020 full-length "Into Interdimensional Slumber Of Frozen Decay" delivers seven tracks of frigid, otherworldly black metal steeped in cosmic horror.

San Diego black metal project. The name's chemical violence makes no compromises from Southern California's extreme underground.

San Francisco stoner metal legends and one of the heaviest bands the Bay Area has ever produced. Their crushing, psychedelic riffs have made them pillars of the American stoner metal scene.

Los Angeles death metal project. The name's hostility channels LA's darker undercurrents through extreme music.

Act of Defiance is a thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Featuring former members of Megadeth, the band delivers precision thrash metal with the technical chops and polish of seasoned professionals across two full-lengths.

Acualli is a death and black metal band from Long Beach, California. With nine releases to their name, the band has built a substantial body of work that draws from Mesoamerican themes and imagery, filtered through a lens of extreme blackened death metal.

Adamantium is a death metal and crust band from California. The band merges the raw, political urgency of crust punk with the heaviness of death metal.