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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Arhythmy delivers death 'n' roll from Wetzlar in Hesse since 2013. Named after the medical condition of irregular heartbeat, they channel that cardiac unpredictability into the groove-heavy fusion of death metal and rock 'n' roll.
Charlotte, North Carolina metalcore project with seven releases since 2016, including collaborations with Iranian electronic artists Sote and Sepehr. The cross-cultural remixes reveal a band interested in global sonic connections beyond typical metalcore boundaries.
Aria Blake crafts symphonic metal from the Lorraine town of Lunéville since 2024, bringing orchestral grandeur to the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. Their operatic name promises the vocal drama and sweeping arrangements their sound delivers.
Grand Rapids symphonic metal project wrapping orchestral grandeur around heavy riffs, adding a touch of Midwestern elegance to the bombastic symphonic metal template.
Aria of Sorrow crafts melodic death metal from the municipality of Sipoo near Helsinki since 2023, their name borrowing from the Castlevania video game franchise. Their gothic gaming inspiration feeds compositions that blend melody with darkness.
Ariadne has been crafting heavy metal in Barcelona since 2014, navigating the labyrinth of Catalonia's crowded metal scene with their own distinct melodic identity. Named for the mythological figure who guided Theseus through the maze, their music similarly threads melody through heavy terrain.
Dallas djent/progressive metal act delivering polyrhythmic precision and modern technical flourishes from the heart of North Texas's thriving heavy music community.
Dallas, Texas thrash metal act whose 2017 debut Signals delivers focused, riff-driven aggression from the heart of the DFW Metroplex. No-frills Texas thrash built on speed and precision.
Arianrhod has been delivering thrash metal from the French underground since 2001, named after the Welsh goddess of the silver wheel. Over two decades of Celtic-inspired thrash speak to deep dedication within France's extreme metal community.
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