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Featured Album
La Grande Mascarade - EP (2024)
Featured Heavy Metal Album
No More Hollywood Endings (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
The Pursuit of Vikings: Live at Summer Breeze (Main Stage) (2018)
05/09 @ Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Gossamer Wings of Illusion (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
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Arda channels power metal from Moscow since 2019. Named after the world of Tolkien's legendarium, they bring Middle-earth's grandeur to heroic power metal compositions from the Russian capital.
Arida Vortex has delivered power metal from Moscow since 2014. Their Latin name meaning 'arid vortex' drives over a decade of energetic compositions from the Russian capital's established power metal community.
Heraklion's Arkenstone channel epic power metal grandeur from the island of Crete, crafting soaring compositions built on triumphant melodies and fantasy-inspired themes. Formed in 2020, their Tolkien-referencing name signals their love of heroic, narrative-driven metal.
Arkgabriel merges heavy and power metal from Madrid, crafting anthemic compositions that blend the grandeur of power metal with traditional heaviness since 2021. Their sound speaks to the continuing demand for epic, melody-driven metal in Spain's capital.
Arkhya plays heavy and power metal from Posadas in Córdoba province since 2014. From this small Guadalquivir River town, they forge traditional metal with the sun-hardened resilience of rural Andalusia.
Arno V. delivers power metal from the French underground since 2018, bringing solo artist vision and determination to the genre's anthemic traditions. The project channels one musician's passion for epic, melodic metal.
Arsura channels power and thrash metal from Buglio in Monte in the Alpine Sondrio province of Lombardy as of 2025. Their Italian name meaning 'scorching heat' brings fire and intensity from a mountain setting more associated with snow.
Art of Creation crafts progressive power metal from Zvolen since 2012. Their divine-creative name drives over a decade of technically ambitious compositions from this central Slovak Hron Valley city.
Art of Haven has crafted melodic heavy and power metal from the Austrian-border city of Sopron since 2009. Positioned at the westernmost edge of Hungary, their sound carries the dual influence of Central European power metal traditions.
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