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Eschatology of War (2021)
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Big Ship Little Ship / Bassline Junkie (2020)
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No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
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Arithmus delivers melodic death, groove metal, and metalcore from Jönköping since 2012. Named after the Greek word for 'number,' they bring mathematical precision to over a decade of multi-genre compositions from this southern Swedish lakeside city.
Ark of Passage channels melodic death and thrash metal from Moscow since 2010. Their vessel-of-transit name drives fifteen years of compositions that transport listeners through melodic extremity.
Arkan delivers death and melodic death metal from Paris since 2014, their Middle Eastern-inspired name adding a cultural dimension to their extreme sound. Their approach brings world music influences to the French capital's death metal landscape.
Arkana Code creates death metal from the tri-city area of Pescara, Chieti, and Teramo in Abruzzo since 2010. Their encrypted name suggests hidden knowledge unlocked through extreme metal's brutal decryption.
Arkanist crafts melodic death and thrash metal from Sollentuna in the Stockholm metropolitan area since 2022. Their secretive name drives compositions of hidden knowledge expressed through dual-genre melodic aggression.
Arkanor creates melodic death and folk metal from an undisclosed Slovenian location since 2013. Their mystical name drives over a decade of compositions that blend folk tradition with melodic aggression.
Arkenath delivers brutal death metal from Leeds since 2024, bringing fresh aggression to West Yorkshire's thriving extreme metal community. Their enigmatic name suits the dark, unfathomable depths of their brutal sound.
Arkhaaik creates blackened death and doom metal from Zürich since 2019, their deliberately archaic spelling signaling a return to primal extremity. From Switzerland's largest city and financial center, they forge music as far from banking culture as possible.
Arkham Asylum creates death metal from Venice since 2012, borrowing their name from the infamous fictional institution that houses Batman's most dangerous adversaries. Their comic-book horror identity informs a death metal approach steeped in madness and menace.
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