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Arphaxat has been channeling black metal from the rural Vienne village of Bonneuil-Matours since 2008, drawing darkness from the countryside of west-central France. Nearly two decades of activity speak to deep roots in one of France's most unlikely metal locations.
Enigmatic black metal project with no listed location, operating in the shadows of the US underground with minimal public profile.
Arrant Saudade crafts funeral doom from London since 2015, their name combining "utter" with the Portuguese concept of profound longing. Over a decade of glacially-paced compositions place them among the UK's most emotionally devastating doom acts.
Arrastado is a stoner and doom metal project from Brasília, Brazil, formed in 2018 and built around home recordings under the name that translates roughly to "dragged" in Portuguese — apt for the slow, crushing tempos the band favors. Their releases include the album Isso Também Será Esquecido (This Too Shall Be Forgotten) and Hinos do Esquecimento, both available on Bandcamp and consistent with the heavy, fuzz-driven doom aesthetic. The project's DIY approach and introspective Portuguese titles reflect the broader character of Brazil's independent stoner-doom underground.
Power metal act with roots in Boston before relocating internationally, blending epic storytelling with soaring melodies in the European power metal tradition.
Arreat Summit crafts technical death metal and deathcore from Linköping since 2013. Named after the mountain in the Diablo video game series, they bring gaming mythology to over a decade of technically demanding extremity.
Arrebol is the deeply personal solo vision of Sevillian artist Asz, channeling introspection, mysticism, and melancholy into atmospheric black metal since 2016. Releases like "Simplicity of the Moment" and the "Four Leagues Away" EP explore the darkest corners of human emotion through cold, layered compositions that belie their Andalusian origins.
Arrebol is a progressive metal project from Santiago, Chile that has released material including the album "Simplicity of the Moment" (2023) and the EP "Four Leagues Away" (2024), the latter issued as a limited digipack of 66 copies. The project's output blends progressive metal with atmospheric and extreme metal influences.
Arren creates melodic black metal from Warsaw since 2003. Named after a character from Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels, over two decades of literary-influenced black metal have established them in the Polish capital's scene.
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