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Fishkill, New York power metal project whose name evokes the desert planet from Frank Herbert's Dune. Science fiction grandeur from the Hudson Valley.
Arakk is a funeral doom and post-metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2014, whose release Under Sovnen, meaning 'under sleep' in Danish, reflects the glacial, trance-like quality of their crushing funeral doom sound. The band merges the genre's agonizingly slow tempos with post-metal's textural expansiveness.
Aramas practices black metal from Rome since 2020, adding to the Eternal City's deep roster of extreme metal projects. Their name carries an archaic, mystical weight that matches the ritualistic quality of their Roman black metal.
Dublin, California thrash metal act whose French-titled albums — Pour semer la confusion ('to sow confusion') — bring Continental flair to Bay Area thrash since 2017. The Three Musketeers reference adds literary dimension to their aggressive sound.
Aran crafts atmospheric black metal from Oulu since 2012, layering vast soundscapes over tremolo-driven foundations in northern Finland. Their approach channels the region's subarctic expanses into compositions as wide and cold as the Ostrobothnian landscape.
Aran Prog Project is Barcelona guitarist Aran's vehicle for progressive metal exploration, building layered instrumental compositions since 2018. The project showcases the technical ambitions of Catalonia's prog-metal community.
Arandem is a melodic groove, alternative, and heavy metal band from Ditzingen near Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2026, representing one of the absolute newest acts in the German metal landscape. The band blends groove metal's rhythmic punch with melodic and alternative metal elements.
Arandu Arakuaa is a folk metal band from Brasília, Brazil, founded by guitarist Zândhio Aquino, who began composing songs in Old Tupi around 2008 and released the band's first EP in 2012. Their name means "knowledge of the sky cycles" in Tupi-Guarani, and their music fuses heavy metal with Brazilian indigenous traditions, incorporating the languages and musical styles of the Tupi, Xerente, and Xavante peoples. Their discography includes the albums Kó Yby Oré (2013), Wdê Nnãkrda (2015), Mrã Waze (2018), and Ainãka (2022).
Aranea Adventus has been spinning webs of heavy metal from the Cantabrian cities of Torrelavega and Santander since 2015. Their dual-city origins reflect the collaborative spirit of northern Spain's tight-knit metal communities.
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