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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Cleveland, Ohio heavy metal and progressive project debuting in 2025 with a remix single and EP. Stuck On Midnight captures late-night energy through NWOTHM riffing with a progressive edge from the Rock and Roll Capital.
Arendia merges black and thrash metal from the Lancashire towns of Coppull and Chorley since 2008, channeling nearly two decades of extreme metal from the northwest English heartland. Their fantastical name adds an epic dimension to their dual-genre assault.
Largo, Florida thrash metal veterans with eight releases since 2006. Named after the Greek god of war, their catalog includes live recordings from legendary KFJC radio and multiple full-lengths of relentless thrash from the Tampa Bay area.
Aresea creates symphonic metal from Syracuse in southeastern Sicily since 2018, channeling the grandeur of this ancient Greek colony through orchestral arrangements and powerful vocal performances. The city where Archimedes made his discoveries provides fitting context for their ambitious compositions.
Arestor is a blackened death metal band from Voru, Estonia, formed in 2024, combining the atmospheric hostility of black metal with death metal's guttural ferocity from the forests of southeastern Estonia. The band is among the newest extreme metal acts in the Baltic states.
Arete channels black metal from the UK underground since 2021, their Greek philosophical name meaning "excellence" or "virtue" reflecting a pursuit of the highest standards within extreme metal. Their approach brings intellectual rigor to the genre.
ARF delivers death and melodic death metal from the lakeside town of Heinola since 2017. Their abbreviated name carries a bark-like directness that matches the immediacy of their extreme metal assault.
Arfsynd channels black metal from Västra Götaland since 2010. Their Swedish name meaning 'original sin' drives fifteen years of compositions that explore humanity's innate corruption from western Sweden.
Argahal is a one-man black metal and depressive suicidal black metal project from Mexico, founded in 2024. The project has released a rapid series of albums including the self-titled debut, Veil of Darkness, and The Last Kingdom, exploring themes of conquest, religious critique, war, and existential darkness through raw and atmospheric black metal. Releases are available physically through ElasticStage alongside digital platforms.
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