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Let You Go (2024)
Featured Doom Metal Album
The Bestiary (2025)
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One Day Closer to the End of the World (2019)
05/11 @ WorkPlay Theatre, Birmingham
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Halo (2017)
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Black metal and industrial project that migrated from Carroll, Iowa to Omaha. Their catalog spans nearly two decades — from 2006's Beautiful Darkness to 2025's Might As Well Praise Dirt — tracing a long arc of genre-blending extremity across the Great Plains.
ARNA channels black metal from Barcelona since 2021, adding another voice to Catalonia's remarkably deep and diverse black metal underground. Their approach explores the genre's atmospheric and aggressive dimensions within the context of one of Europe's most creatively fertile metal cities.
Arnaldo García is a Spanish progressive metal solo project launched in 2025, exploring the genre's technical and compositional possibilities through a singular artistic vision. The project represents the newest generation of Spain's progressive metal experimenters.
Arnarkork channels black metal from the Papal city of Avignon since 2024, adding to the Vaucluse's growing extreme metal presence. Their cryptic name and historic surroundings create an intriguing tension between the sacred and the profane.
Arno V. delivers power metal from the French underground since 2018, bringing solo artist vision and determination to the genre's anthemic traditions. The project channels one musician's passion for epic, melodic metal.
San Francisco's action-adventure heavy metal band, delivering tongue-in-cheek anthems inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger films with the riff-driven swagger of classic NWOBHM and a healthy dose of absurdist charm.
Mason, Michigan black metal project whose 2019 split with Pagan Moon and demo Demo II channel raw, atmospheric black metal from a small town south of Lansing. The Tolkien-derived name adds mythic weight to their pastoral Michigan setting.
Arntor brings black metal from the Loire Valley city of Angers since 2019, their Nordic-sounding name adding a Scandinavian edge to their western French origins. The project channels the dark forests of myth through the lens of Anjou's metal underground.
Aro Ora merges groove metal with metalcore from the Loire Valley city of Tours since 2015, creating rhythmically complex compositions rooted in modern heaviness. Their palindromic name adds a symmetrical elegance to their dual-genre assault.
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