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Artemesia delivers melodic death metal from Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow Region since 1995. Three decades from this Moscow suburb named after the Soviet secret police founder, they have produced one of Russia's longest-running melodic death metal legacies.
Columbus, Ohio death metal act whose 2013 EP Draining Your Life delivers exactly the sanguine extremity the title promises. Medical horror meets death metal from the state capital.
San Antonio death metal band delivering surgical brutality from the Alamo City, contributing to South Texas's growing extreme metal presence with unrelenting aggression.
Artgore crafts melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore from Kharkiv since 2023. From Ukraine's embattled second city, they channel artistic violence through melodically refined compositions.
Founded in Písek in 2014 as a death metal band, Arthemion shifted toward symphonic gothic/death metal after vocalist Neira joined in 2016, adding clean vocals alongside growling and broadening the band's orchestral palette. Their 2020 debut album Inner contains six tracks and reflects the band's evolution, with over 60 concerts played in the years following its release.
Arthropodal Humanicide delivers punishing brutal death metal from Albacete, one of La Mancha's most unlikely metal strongholds, since 2016. Their insect-themed violence brings a distinctly clinical brutality to the Castilian extreme metal underground.
Arthrosis merges death metal, groove metal, and thrash metal from Marseille since 2017, their medical-joint-inflammation name reflecting the punishing physical impact of their sound. Their Phocaean origins connect them to France's second city's growing extreme metal scene.
ArthWork explores progressive death metal from Mińsk Mazowiecki east of Warsaw since 2013. Their craft-combining name — arthwork as artwork — speaks to the artistic ambition of their technically demanding compositions.
DuBois, Pennsylvania extreme metal project with deep roots stretching back to 1997. Five releases spanning two decades — from the nature-themed Natura to the healing-themed Panacea — trace a remarkable evolution from small-town Pennsylvania grindcore to more refined extremity.
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