Around the Deep blends melodic death metal with metalcore from Turin since 2022, their oceanic name suggesting vast depths explored through the interplay of melody and aggression. Piedmont's thriving metal community provides a strong foundation for their genre-crossing approach.

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.

Arroganz merges black and death metal from Cottbus in Brandenburg since 2013, their German name meaning 'arrogance' matching the bold confidence of their Eastern German extremity. From the Lusatian capital near the Polish border, they craft music of defiant hostility.

Ars Nocturna channels melodic death and black metal from Stavropol since 2017. Their Latin name meaning 'nocturnal art' drives compositions of nighttime extremity from this North Caucasus capital.

Arsafes merges industrial, melodic death, and groove metal from Moscow since 2012. Over a decade of genre-blending from the Russian capital, they have developed a mechanized approach to extreme melody.

Arsebreed delivers brutal death metal from Den Helder at the northern tip of North Holland since 2015. Their confrontational name matches the uncompromising extremity of their sound from this Dutch naval base town.

Arseis fuses black metal, death metal, and folk metal from Lille since 2020, creating a triple-genre blend that weaves traditional elements through extreme metal structures. Their approach channels the diverse cultural influences of northern France.

ART 238 merges death metal, grindcore, and industrial metal from the Norman port of Cherbourg since 2002, creating a mechanized extremity from the Cotentin Peninsula. Over two decades of genre-fusing activity make them one of Normandy's most enduring experimental metal acts.

Art Far Away creates progressive death metal and metalcore from Gothenburg since 2014. Their distant-art name drives over a decade of ambitious compositions from the city that perfected melodic death metal.