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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Make It Rain / On the Other Side of Tonight (2024)
05/07 @ House of Blues Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Denver groove metal and hardcore project whose 2025 debut A DYING LIGHT channels punk urgency through heavy, rhythmic aggression. The all-caps title matches the intensity of their Colorado-bred metallic hardcore.
Art Far Away creates progressive death metal and metalcore from Gothenburg since 2014. Their distant-art name drives over a decade of ambitious compositions from the city that perfected melodic death metal.
An active melodic death metalcore band from Brno, Art of Defiance blend heavy guitar work with metalcore intensity and are documented on Metal Archives and the Czech Bandzone platform. They remain unsigned and independent, navigating the overlap between Scandinavian-influenced melodic death and modern metalcore.
Salisbury, North Carolina metalcore project. The philosophical name — ars moriendi in Latin tradition — adds contemplative weight to their contribution to the Tarheel State's heavy underground.
Artas has delivered melodic death and thrash metal with metalcore influences from Vienna since 2008. Over nearly two decades in the Austrian capital, they have built a reputation for aggressive yet accessible compositions that bridge Scandinavian melodeath with modern metalcore.
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.
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.
Athens' Artificial Sun fuse groove metal weight with metalcore aggression, creating a high-energy sound built on chunky riffs and dynamic breakdowns. Active since 2012, they bring an accessible heaviness to the Greek metal scene.
Piscataway, New Jersey metalcore act delivering aggressive melodic heaviness from central Jersey, contributing to the Garden State's robust hardcore and metal crossover scene.
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