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Arcadea is a synth-driven metal project from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 2015 by Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor alongside keyboardists Core Atoms and Raheem Amlani, with Dailor serving as lead vocalist. Their self-titled debut, released in June 2017 on Relapse Records, featured no guitars—both Atoms and Amlani play only synthesizers—resulting in a futuristic, psychedelic sound built on cosmic themes and prog-funk rhythms. The band returned with a second album, The Exodus of Gravity, in August 2025.
Bristol, Connecticut NWOTHM project whose 2022 debut Blame! delivers classic heavy metal with manga-inspired aesthetics. The name suggests paradise lost, the exclamation point adding urgency to their New England metal.
Arcadian Alone merges melodic death metal with metalcore from Hanover since 2021. Their pastoral-isolation name drives compositions that balance the melodic traditions of Gothenburg-style death metal with the dynamic aggression of modern metalcore.
Arcaico formed in Avellaneda in the greater Buenos Aires area with a lineup of Adrián Saladino on vocals, Miguel Bustos and Demian Yanelli on guitars, Nico Meire on bass, and Federico Gusso on drums. The band released their self-titled EP in February 2013 through Black Eclosion Digital Record Label, a four-track effort that included the tracks "Tu Cabeza Es Mi Bandera" and "Revolución". Their sound blended melodic death metal riffing with aggressive rhythms rooted in the Argentine extreme metal underground.
Arcan delivers thrash metal from the remote Breton fishing town of Audierne since 2015, bringing high-velocity aggression to Finistère's wind-battered western tip. Their mysterious name and isolated origins lend genuine rawness to their sound.
Arcana has been delivering speed and thrash metal from Cambridge since 1996, making them one of the longest-running thrash acts in eastern England. Three decades of high-velocity metal from the university city speak to extraordinary dedication.
Arcana Coelestia blends black metal with funeral doom from Cagliari since 2007, named after Swedenborg's theological work 'Heavenly Mysteries.' Their Sardinian project brings almost two decades of cosmic, glacially paced extreme metal informed by esoteric spirituality.
Arcana Elysium is a female-fronted symphonic metal band from Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2019. Their debut album Corpus Callosum, released in May 2021, showcases a heavier-than-typical symphonic sound that at times veers toward symphonic death metal territory.
Arcana Major explores progressive metal from Stockholm since 2019. Their tarot-derived name — referencing the Major Arcana — drives compositions of occult structural complexity from the Swedish capital.
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