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Arcania thrashes from the Loire Valley city of Angers since 2013, bringing over a decade of aggressive riffing to the Maine-et-Loire department. Their fantastical name adds an air of mystery to their straightforward thrash assault.
Arcania is an epic and atmospheric black metal band from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band draws on themes of fantasy, nature, and landscapes, and released the album A World Forsaken in 2023 under the Bandcamp handle arcaniaepicbm.
Madison, Wisconsin doom metal project whose 2021 self-titled debut delivers heavy, contemplative riffs from the Midwest's most progressive college town. Doom metal as meditation, slow and immersive.
Philadelphia progressive metal project from the Pennsylvania underground.
Arcanis is a symphonic melodic death metal band from Schweinfurt, Germany, formed in 2014, whose debut EP Of Light and Shadow features five tracks blending heavy instrumentation with orchestral and piano-based arrangements. The band's compositions, including Dawning Darkness, Apotheosis, and Bringer of Light, balance death metal aggression with cinematic, symphonic grandeur.
Omaha, Nebraska black metal and noise rock hybrid debuting in 2026 with Absolute Darkness. The genre-blending approach — pairing black metal's extremity with noise rock's textural aggression — suggests something genuinely experimental from the Great Plains.
Arcanjo is a Christian thrash metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, with origins tracing back to 1994. The band's lyrical themes center on Christianity, perseverance, and redemption, and they released a split with Soul Factor in 2001 before a period of inactivity and subsequent reformation.
Baltimore heavy metal / nwothm project from the Maryland underground.
Arcanorum Astrum crafts symphonic black metal from Moscow since 2012. Their Latin name meaning 'star of mysteries' drives over a decade of orchestrally enriched compositions of cosmic occultism from the Russian capital.
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