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Los Angeles thrash act bringing theatricality and aggression to the City of Angels' diverse metal landscape, standing out in a scene saturated with every subgenre imaginable.
Art of Silence creates melodic death, power, and thrash metal from Milan since 2009. Their paradoxical name — art crafted from the absence of sound — contrasts with the multi-genre metallic assault they deliver from Lombardy.
Athens' Art of Simplicity belie their name with progressive metal of considerable complexity and ambition, weaving intricate arrangements through dynamic compositions since 2005. Their two-decade career reflects a mature, evolving approach to the genre.
Art of Sin creates blackened death metal from Roskilde as of 2026, a brand-new project from the city best known for its Viking ship museum and rock festival. Their sinister name drives extreme metal that pairs black metal's tonal hostility with death metal's technical demands.
Art of Torture is a brutal death/grind band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, playing gore-laden extreme metal in the vein of the Brazilian brutal death underground. Their 2015 album Impulse to Mutilation, recorded across studios in João Pessoa with David Nunes on vocals and André Toledo on guitars, delivers relentless blasting brutality across eleven tracks.
Artam is a German black metal project formed in 2022, channeling the genre's raw aggression and dark atmosphere. The project maintains a minimal public profile consistent with the black metal tradition of obscurity.
Artas has delivered melodic death and thrash metal with metalcore influences from Vienna since 2008. Over nearly two decades in the Austrian capital, they have built a reputation for aggressive yet accessible compositions that bridge Scandinavian melodeath with modern metalcore.
Artch played heavy and power metal from Sarpsborg in Østfold, originally active in the 1980s and reformed in 2017. Their resurrection brings classic NWOBHM-influenced metal back to the southeastern Norwegian scene where they first emerged.
Arte Grotesca is a death metal band from Rio de Janeiro formed in early 2024, delivering a brutal and visceral sound with lyrics exploring grotesque and tragic human themes. Their debut album The Grotesque Gift of Human Games marks their entry into Rio's extreme metal scene with a dark and uncompromising approach.
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