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Slave to the Scalpel (2021)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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Newark, California NWOTHM act flying the flag of classic heavy metal from the East Bay, delivering galloping riffs and soaring leads in the tradition of the genre's golden age.
Aryos merges avant-garde experimentation with black metal from the Corrèze area since 2009, creating unconventional compositions from the rural heart of the Limousin. Nearly two decades of boundary-pushing activity reflect a tireless creative spirit.
Athens' Arysithian Blade are a 2024 entry into the Greek heavy metal scene, delivering classic metal built on strong riffs and traditional songwriting. Their fantasy-inflected name hints at an epic, sword-and-sorcery approach to heavy metal.
Arzacq channels black metal from Paris since 2023, their name referencing the medieval Béarnaise town adding a southwestern French dimension to their Parisian identity. The project creates a geographic bridge between the capital and the Pyrenean foothills.
Arzhang channels melodic black metal from İzmir since 2022. Named after the legendary painted book of the prophet Mani in Persian tradition, they bring Zoroastrian-Manichaean cultural heritage to melodic black metal from Turkey.
Arzén has evolved from heavy metal into folk rock from the Terchová and Žilina area since 2017. Named after the Slovak word for arsenic, their Jánošík-country origins connect to the legendary Slovak Robin Hood tradition.
Black metal project of unknown origin whose 2018 single Hymnal pairs Greek philosophical virtue with religious musical form. The name — meaning excellence or moral virtue — adds unusual ethical weight to black metal.
As Autumn Dies... are a doom/death metal band from Switzerland, formed in 2001, whose sound combines the crushing weight of death metal with the slow, mournful tempos of doom. Their live album "Life Fall," recorded at the Met Bar in Lenzburg, documents their approach to slow-burn heaviness in an intimate setting.
Los Angeles death metal band that emerged from the early 2000s deathcore wave, contributing to SoCal's explosive extreme metal scene with technically proficient brutality.
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