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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/08 @ Underground Arts, Philadelphia
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Pahrump, Nevada metalcore band emerging from the desert outskirts near Las Vegas, bringing aggressive intensity from one of metal's most unlikely origin points.
Aro Ora merges groove metal with metalcore from the Loire Valley city of Tours since 2015, creating rhythmically complex compositions rooted in modern heaviness. Their palindromic name adds a symmetrical elegance to their dual-genre assault.
Around the Deep blends melodic death metal with metalcore from Turin since 2022, their oceanic name suggesting vast depths explored through the interplay of melody and aggression. Piedmont's thriving metal community provides a strong foundation for their genre-crossing approach.
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.
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