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San Diego stoner metal act with a decade-spanning catalog from 2007 to 2017. Their full-length Lords of Light and Thunder lives up to its mythic title, delivering cosmic stoner jams from Southern California's sun-baked coast.
Archont are an Austrian black/death metal project who take their name from the Gnostic demiurgic rulers — a conceptual angle that filters into dark, esoteric lyrical themes and a sound that blends the tremolo-driven dissonance of black metal with the brutish density of death metal. Their music is deliberately confrontational and theologically provocative.
Archontes has delivered melodic power metal from Moscow since 2008. Nearly two decades of activity from the Russian capital have established them among the country's more prominent power metal acts.
Archotype creates melodic black and death metal from Cologne since 2011, their Jungian-derived name suggesting the primordial patterns underlying their compositions. Nearly fifteen years on the Rhine have refined their approach to melodic extremity.
Vancouver's Archspire operate at the bleeding edge of technical death metal, performing at speeds and levels of precision that seem almost physically impossible. Their albums 'Relentless Mutation' and 'Bleed the Future' are masterclasses in blistering blast beats, machine-gun vocal delivery, and guitar work that moves at warp speed. They've earned a reputation as one of the most technically demanding live acts in extreme metal, turning what could be sterile virtuosity into genuinely thrilling music.
Westland, Michigan death metal project whose 2019 single Unscathed delivers unbowed extremity from the Detroit suburbs. The regal name promises dominion through heaviness.
Archtribe plays heavy metal from Stockholm since 2001. Over a quarter century from the Swedish capital, they have maintained a tribal approach to traditional heavy metal.
Archtype is a power metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2013, carrying forward influences rooted in the classic Brazilian power metal tradition. Their lyrical themes revolve around esotericism and prophecy, setting them apart from the more fantasy-oriented peers in the genre. The band emerged partly from the lineage of earlier São Paulo acts and has remained active on the underground circuit.
Archura explores progressive and melodic death metal from İzmir since 2019. Their enigmatic name drives technically ambitious compositions from Turkey's Aegean coast.
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